[marktwain]

My grandmother came to the USA from England in 1913 and worked as an indentured servant for six years to repay her sponsor, all with my toddler father in tow. I knew her and heard the stories first hand.

That does not make your grandmother a slave.

Slaves are property. Your grandmother was not property. Your father did not become property because he was your grandmother's son.

[dunblak]

You need to explore our history a bit more...an indentured servant was not a free person...it matters not what they were called.