Colonists in bondage : white servitude and convict labor in America, 1607-1776

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Graf, Georg Engelbert, 1881- [from old catalog]

Contributor:

Institute of Early American History and Culture (Williamsburg, Va.)

Series:

Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia.

Language:

German

Subjects (All):

Rhine River Valley.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (444 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Maryland : Project MUSE, 2016

Place of Publication:

Berlin : Gebr. Weiss [1946]

Summary:

This is the story of the colonists of the kitchens, the stables, the fields, the shops, and those who came to America as indentured servants, men and women who sold" themselves to masters for a period of time in order to pay passage from an old world to a new and freer one. Their leaven has gone into the fiber of American society." Originally published in 1947. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; PART I: THE TRADE IN SERVANTS; 1 Indentured Servants and Redemptioners; 2 The Trade in Servants: Two Controlling Factors; 3 Raising a Cargo; 4 Kidnapping, Spiriting, and Registry Offices; PART II: PENAL TRANSPORTATION; 5 Convict Transportation to 1718; 6 Convict Transportation after 1718; 7 The Transportation of Rogues and Vagabonds; 8 The Transportation of Political and Military Prisoners under the Commonwealth and Protectorate; 9 The Transportation of Political and Military Prisoners after 1660; PART III: THE SERVANT IN THE PLANTATIONS; 10 Voyage and Arrival

11 The Custom of the Country12 The Servant in the Plantations; 13 Freed Servants; APPENDIX: The Number and Distribution of Indentured Servants; Notes; Bibliographical Note; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-88-908785-8-8

979-88-908785-9-5

0-8078-3967-1

1-4696-1582-7

OCLC:

612961937