Slavery and servitude in North America, 1607-1800 / Kenneth Morgan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morgan, Kenneth, 1953- author.

Series:

BAAS paperbacks.

BAAS paperbacks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Slavery.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (152 pages).

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2007.

Summary:

GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9781853312106);A textbook introduction to one of the most important areas of early American history.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 labour systems, including their impact on the economy, on racial attitudes, social structures and on regional variations within the colonies. Throughout overriding themes emerge: the labour market in North America, the significance of racial distinctions, supply and demand factors in transatlantic migration and labour, 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:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

CHAPTER 1 Indentured Servitude in the Seventeenth Century

CHAPTER 2 From Servitude to Slavery

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

CHAPTER 4 Slavery in the Eighteenth Century

CHAPTER 5 Slave and Servant Resistance

CHAPTER 6 Slavery and Freedom in the Revolutionary Era

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781474471107

1474471102