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White Servitude in Colonial America

White Servitude in Colonial America

Paperback

Colonial Period (1600-1775)

ISBN10: 052127379X
ISBN13: 9780521273794
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Mar 11 1982
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.78 Width: 5.97 Depth: 8.70
Language: English
White servitude was one of the major institutions in the economy and society of early colonial British America. In fact more than half of all the white immigrants to the British colonies sold themselves into bondage for a period of years in order to migrate to the New World. Professor Galenson's study of the system of indentured servitude analyses rigourously the composition of this labour force and provides a quantitative description of the demographic, social and economic characteristics of more than 20,000 indentured immigrants. The author examines the interactions between indentured, free and slave labour and provides a framework for analysing why black slavery prevailed over white servitude in the British West Indies and the southern mainland colonies and why both types of bound labour declined to insignificance in the northern colonies of the mainland.

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Colonial Period (1600-1775)