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assigned servant

noun

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  1. A convict assigned to work as a servant for a free settler (either a male or female…

    A convict assigned to work as a servant for a free settler (either a male or female convict, and either a male or female settler).

    • The assigned servant had the right to make a complaint of his master, but this was, in the nature of things, hardly more than a nominal limitation of the power of the master over the servant.

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