Indentured migration and the servant trade from London to America, 1618-1718 : 'there is great want of servants' /

This title presents a full examination of the English trade in indentured servants, who paid for their transportation and keep, and continued to work unpaid for years on their arrival. Often these people were deceived and coerced, despite half-hearted government efforts to curtail the activities of...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Wareing, John
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Ausgabe:
First edition.
Zusammenfassung:
This title presents a full examination of the English trade in indentured servants, who paid for their transportation and keep, and continued to work unpaid for years on their arrival. Often these people were deceived and coerced, despite half-hearted government efforts to curtail the activities of what was, after all, a useful crime for the English state.
Umfang:
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white)
Anmerkungen:
This edition previously issued in print: 2016.
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-183093-3
Schlagworte:
1600-1799
History.
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