What was the pattern of wealth distribution? How much equality and inequality existed in this society? How large was the gap between the haves and the have$-$nots?

What were the opportunities for indentured servants, once free, to improve their lot in this saciety? Do the sources support only one conclusion about that? Regarding the chances for individuals to advance themselves, do the sources suggest that this was a fluid or rigid, classbound society?

Was there greater or less equality as time went on$?$ Is there evidence that some people were getting rich at the expense of others?