Colonists in Bondage : White Servitude and Convict Labor in America, 1607-1776 /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Smith, Abbot Emerson (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture at Williamsburg, Virginia by the University of North Carolina Press, 1947.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Prisoners > Transportation.
Penal colonies.
Indentured servants.
Convict labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
HISTORY > United States > Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
Colonies penitentiaires > États-Unis > Histoire.
Main-d'oeuvre engagee à long terme > États-Unis > Histoire.
Penal colonies > United States > History.
Prisoners > Transportation > Great Britain > History.
Convict labor > United States > History.
Indentured servants > United States > History.
United States.
Great Britain.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. The trade in servants. Indentured servants and redemptioners. The trade in servants : two controlling factors. Raising a cargo. Kidnapping, spiriting, and registry offices
  • Part II. Penal transportation. Convict transportation to 1718. Convict transportation after 1718. The transportation of rogues and vagabonds. The transportation of political and military prisoners under the Commonwealth and Protectorate. The transportation of political and military prisoners after 1660
  • Part III. The servant in the plantations. Voyage and arrival. The custom of the country. The servant in the plantations. Freed servants
  • Appendix: The number and distribution of indentured servants
  • Notes
  • Bibliographical note
  • Index.

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