The average term of service for a white indentured servant was seven years, though in all other respects he was held upon precisely the same conditions as the black slave, for both were completely subject to the will of their masters, and to the same moral and social influence.






Now he rejoiced beforehand at the thought of how he would present himself with his two sons at the Setch, and say, ``See what fine young fellows I have brought you!'' how he would introduce them to all his old comrades, steeled in warfare; how he would observe their first exploits in the sciences of war and of drinking, which was also regarded as one of the principal warlike qualities. One question, however, remained.