# What was the legal/civil force of indentured servitude in the US? Specifically, Irish in mid 19th C.

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### Author: ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2018, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-legal-civil-force-of-indentured-servitude-in-the-us-specifically-irish-in-mid-19th-c/810785/1 "2018-03-18T16:49:10Z")

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See query, based on recent reading of the astounding abject situation of the first wave of immigrants after the Famine.