ISBN:
1440841799
,
9781440841798
Language:
English
Pages:
xvi, 204 pages
,
25 cm
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Lawson, Russell M., 1957- Servants and servitude in Colonial America
DDC:
306.3/63097309032
Keywords:
Indentured servants History
;
Household employees History
;
Slavery History
;
Working class History 17th century
;
Working class History 18th century
;
United States Social life and customs To 1775
;
United States Economic conditions To 1865
;
USA
;
Bediensteter
;
Hauswirtschaftsgehilfin
;
Sklave
;
Arbeiterklasse
;
Soziale Situation
;
Geschichte 1775-1865
Abstract:
Prologue: Human bondage -- The children of Jamestown -- Indian bondage -- The captives of New France -- English town by the sea -- The Dutch servants of New Netherlands and New York -- Daniel Defoe's London -- The Voyage of the Free-Willers -- Infortunate servants -- Oglethorpe's dream -- The prisoners of Culloden -- John Harrower and servitude in the Colonial South -- New England apprentices -- Servants and the American Revolution -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Documents in the history of Colonial American Servitude
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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