These included court records, indentures, land deeds, wills, etc. Francis received five "negro" slaves and the indentures of 10 English servants. Records of such indentures are among the court records he consulted. Conflation of such immigrants, indentures, and convicts has given rise to the Irish slaves myth. His actual departure was delayed due to disagreements pertaining to the terms of his indentures. Most indentures were voluntary, although some people were tricked or coerced into them. Prior to his departure, Oxford entered into two indentures. The American and British governments passed several laws that helped foster the decline of indentures. Some former indentures remained and became slave-owners. Eventually Peel discharged all but a few from their indentures. They continued to take in orphans, but few stayed past the end of their indentures. It is now time for the sale of the geishas' indentures. Indentures and transportees have been conflated, though they were distinct. This provides something of a dilemma that supports the identical nature of both indentures. Black indentures were for 99 years or life.