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CALL NUMBER: 973.2 Sm
OBJECT TYPE: Book
TITLE: Colonists in Bondage: White Servitude and Convict Labor in America 1907-1776
DESCRIPTION: This is a narrative historical account of indentured servitude and convict labor in the American colonies. Part I discusses the trade in servants. Part II focuses on the transportation of convicts and military prisoners. Part III captures the life of the bonded immigrant in America itself, beginning with the voyage and arrival in America, prevailing customs pertaining to servile labor, conditions of the workplace throughout the colonies, and the path or conditions to freedom. Contains scholarship from British and American archives, a fully referenced Appendix describing the numbers and dispersion of indentured servants both geographically and chronologically, an informative Bibliographical Essay, chapter end notes, and a complete index.
AUTHOR: Smith, Abbot Emerson
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PUBLICATION DATE: 1971
PUBLISHER: W W Norton & Co
PLACE OF PUBLICATION: NY
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