White Servitude in Colonial America

White Servitude in Colonial America
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 304
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ISBN-10 : 052127379X
ISBN-13 : 9780521273794
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Book Synopsis White Servitude in Colonial America by : David W. Galenson

Download or read book White Servitude in Colonial America written by David W. Galenson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1982-03-11 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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