Indentured servitude : unfree labour and citizenship in the British colonies /

"Hundreds of thousands of British and Irish men, women, and children crossed the Atlantic during the seventeenth century as indentured servants. Many had agreed to serve for four years, but large numbers had been trafficked or "spirited away" or were sent forcibly by government agenci...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Suranyi, Anna, 1967- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2021]
Collection:States, people, and the history of social change ; 4.
Sujets:
1600-1699
Indentured servants > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
Indentured servants > Great Britain > Social conditions > 17th century.
Contract labor > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
Slave labor > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
Main-d'œuvre engagée à long terme > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Main-d'œuvre engagée à long terme > Grande-Bretagne > Conditions sociales > 17e siècle.
Main-d'œuvre contractuelle > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Esclaves > Travail > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 17e siècle.
HISTORY / Social History
Contract labor.
Indentured servants.
Slave labor.
Great Britain.
History.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Justifications of Servitude
  • 3 The Political Economy of Indenture
  • 4 Contracts and Rights
  • 5 Living in Servitude
  • 6 Women in Indentured Servitude
  • 7 Indentured Children
  • 8 Resistance to Servitude
  • 9 After Indenture.

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