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Escaping Servitude : a Documentary History of Runaway Servants in Eighteenth-Century Virginia.

Breaking with historical orthodoxy that claims Bacon's Rebellion marked the death knell of white labor in the Chesapeake and that colonial Virginians achieved racial hegemony in the eighteenth century, Escaping Servitude debunks the myth of the benign institution and the sentimentalized, conten...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bly, Antonio T.
Otros Autores: Haygood, Tamia
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Blue Ridge Summit : Lexington Books, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Breaking with historical orthodoxy that claims Bacon's Rebellion marked the death knell of white labor in the Chesapeake and that colonial Virginians achieved racial hegemony in the eighteenth century, Escaping Servitude debunks the myth of the benign institution and the sentimentalized, content servant and reveals revolt and day-to-day resistance.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (445 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780739192757
0739192752
9780739192740
0739192744