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contract labour
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The labour of workers whose freedom is restricted by the terms of a contractual relation. Historically, this includes persons who agreed to work for a set period for a landowner in a British colony in exchange for passage to the colony.
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contract labor
indentured labor
indentured labour
Broader terms
labour
Related terms
labour contracts
labour migration
slavery
Subject category
12.03 LABOUR MARKET AND EMPLOYMENT
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