Slavery and servitude in colonial North America : a short history / Kenneth Morgan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morgan, Kenneth.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--United States--History--17th century.

Slavery.

Slavery--United States--History--18th century.

Indentured servants.

History.

United States.

Indentured servants--United States--History--17th century.

Indentured servants--United States--History--18th century.

United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

United States--Social conditions--To 1865.

Social conditions.

United States--Economic conditions--To 1865.

Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

152 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington Square, N.Y. : New York University Press, 2001.

Summary:

In Slavery and Servitude in Colonial North America, Kenneth Morgan shows how the institutions of indentured servitude and black slavery interacted in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. He covers all aspects of the two labor systems, including their impact on the economy, on racial attitudes, social structures and on regional variations within the colonies. Throughout, overriding themes emerge: the labor market in North America, the significance of racial distinctions, supply and demand factors in transatlantic migration and labor, and resistance to bondage. This is an ideal introduction to an area that is crucial for understanding not just Colonial American society but also the later development of the United States.

Contents:

1 Indentured Servitude in the Seventeenth Century 8

2 From Servitude to Slavery 26

3 Convicts, Indentured Servants and Redemptioners, 1680-1775 44

4 Slavery in the Eighteenth Century 66

5 Slave and Servant Resistance 86

6 Slavery and Freedom in the Revolutionary Era 102.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 128-147) and index.

ISBN:

0814756700

OCLC:

45707683