Chapter 181 (2/2)

”If I had known that Pittsburgh was a nightmare, I would not have come to Pittsburgh.” Brother Gai shook his head with a sigh.

”When I first arrived in Pittsburgh, I really made a lot of money by using my knowledge and ability, but the good prospect was not long. One night four years ago, the French attacked Pittsburgh, and half of the fortresses were defeated by the French. Although Pittsburgh did not finally fall into the hands of the French, the area I lived in happened to be in the area captured by the French, and my family and I were unfortunately captured by the French. Fortunately, I knew a lot about alchemy, so my family and I saved our lives until you rescued us from Fort okron. ”

The stone bear said in a warm voice, ”now that you two have come to me, bill, you don't have to worry about life. Of course, if you want to leave the tribe, from the current situation, it is not possible for the time being. But I believe that if you stay in our tribe for a long time, you will fall in love with this tribe. ”

Brother gaige has lived in Fort okron for four years. He can speak some French and understand most of it. So after Shi Xiong said this in French, they could only smile bitterly and nod their heads to agree.

They are all indentured slaves. It is the best thing for them to live safely.

From the name of indentured slave, we can see that this is definitely not a good thing.

In fact, the indentured slave has a more famous name, which is ”white slave”. From the name of white slave, we can see that it is also a kind of slave, and its status is not much better than that of black slaves trafficked from Africa.

White slave is a unique slavery system that existed in the new continent of North America in the 17th and 18th centuries. Among them, the British colonies are the most. There are also many other French colonies, Dutch colonies and Western colonies.

Although there are many aristocrats in Europe, such as the Duke and the count, there are more poor people in Europe.

In order to make a living, the poor often have to borrow money from the rich. Once these debts are not paid, they will become one of the sources of white slaves.

There are also some people who can't get along in Europe. After being fooled by the rich into believing that the new world is full of gold and silver, they are ready to come to the new world with their families. For these people, they can no longer live in Europe. Based on the principle of moving the tree and moving the dead, they usually choose to go to the new world for development.

But going to the new world is not on the other side of the European continent. You can walk there. There is a vast Atlantic Ocean between the European continent and the new world.

So if they want to go to the new world of their dreams, they have to cross the Atlantic in boats owned by the rich. But these people can't afford the expensive tickets. What should we do?

So the rich and nobles said, it's easy to say, come on, sign a contract with me, I can take you to the new world for free, but when you get to the new world, you need to work for me for five to seven years free of charge, and use your labor to repay the ticket.

It sounds very fair, so many people sign the contract in such a muddle headed way and become the so-called ”voluntary contractors”.

This kind of voluntary contractor is another source of white slaves.

The discovery of the new continent is undoubtedly a good thing for people in the old continent, that is, Europe. But good things usually don't fall on the poor. The rich resources of the new world are often controlled by the nobles and the rich.

However, the development of the new world needs a lot of human resources. After all, the nobility and the rich in Europe are in the minority, and the number of the poor still occupies an overwhelming advantage.

So these nobles and rich people began to think about these poor people living in Europe.

If we can transport these poor people to the new world, it will be a lot of human resources.

So these nobles and rich people began to deceive these poor people all over the world. What new world is full of gold? What can you make a fortune or even become a new nobleman as long as you go to the new world? What can you even become a Lord as long as you work hard in the new world

Anyway, it's all beautiful and ridiculous lies.

If these poor people could survive in Europe, they would not be moved by such lies. But forced by life, these people can't help but move their mind to the new world.

A lot of people may be able to pay for expensive tickets, but the problem is that although the new world is rich in resources, it is also dangerous. After these poor people came to the new world, they found that they could not guarantee their own safety. What should they do?

In the case of lack of self-defense ability, a large number of British, French, German, Dutch and Swedes who have been cheated to the new world can only turn to those aristocrats and rich people who have self-defense ability, and then some of them will be forced or lured to sign that kind of contract and become another kind of ”voluntary contractor”.

Of course, this kind of voluntary indentured person, needless to say, is a indentured slave, or a white slave.

This kind of person is the third source of white slaves.

As for the source of white slaves, there is another one, that is, war criminals and criminals from all countries, who are also the biggest source of white slaves.

Jean Agust, for example, belongs to the second source of white slaves. He volunteered to sign the contract because he couldn't pay the high price of the ticket. As a result, the contract expired, but Fernand didn't cancel it for them. The couple were unable to resist, so they became white slaves.

Brother gaige is the fourth case. His own economic situation is still good. As a result, his fate is not good. In a battle, he and his family became prisoners of war, and naturally became indentured slaves. Moreover, they are the indentured slaves with the lowest status.

If he didn't have a good alchemy ability, I'm afraid his wife and daughter would have become playthings in other people's hands.

Yes, this white slave system is so dark and ferocious in this era.

Don't think that there are only black slaves in the world. There are hundreds of thousands of white slaves in the new continent of North America at this time