The composition of indentured servants in the Old Continent was mainly of four types. One was the bankrupt unable to repay debts. Another was the immigrant who sought to relocate to the New Continent through labor. The third was the unlucky soul kidnapped or tricked into signing an indenture. And the last was the exiled prisoner.
Compared to natives, indentured servants were much more expensive, with an average selling price of 35 pounds; even in bulk, the price would not go below 15 pounds.
And it was not only the Remit People who did this; many Old Continent countries did the same, including the Kingdom of Hightins where Byron originated.
There is an anecdote concerning the immigration of prisoners.
Before the rise of industrialization, agrarian civilizations had a limited capacity to sustain a population.
The security of large cities in various countries was actually not very good, and a large number of jobless vagrants was bound to cause a soaring crime rate.
