In the following contract, dated 1680, Richard Willis agrees to teach his indentured servant John Talbert a trade and not to work him in the fields.
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Author: Middlesex County Court
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John Nickson Runs Away (1687)
In this Middlesex County Court decision from 1687, the white indentured servant John Nickson is accused of participation in a conspiracy to run away that included both white servants and black slaves. Nickson’s fate is unknown because the General Court records for this period were destroyed.
