What were the differences between indentured servitude and slavery?

When the crop of Tobacco rescued Jamestown from economic disaster, most of the first workers who worked in the fields were indentured servants. Indentured servants were unfortunate Europeans who agreed to work for a master for a given time (usually four to five years) in exchange for a voyage to the New World. Some indentured servants were criminals released from English jails on the condition that they go to the colonies and some were Englishman who had a turn in their fate as well upright English citizens. This was rarely a good deal for the servants. Many died of diseases before they became free. If they survived, it was a way to improve their social status by becoming landowners. Besides land, indentured servants were meant to receive other benefits as tools and clothing after they completed their time of service to their masters. The out come for many of the indentured servants did not work out the way it was planned. Most finished their service with no equipment or suppli...