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Indentured servitude unfree labor and citizenship in the British colonies

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Indentured servitude : unfree labor and citizenship in the British colonies

Author: Suranyi, Anna
Place, Publisher, Year: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago, McGill-Queen's University Press, [2021]
Physical Details: xiv, 278 Seiten
ISBN/ISSN/ISMN 9780228006688 , 9780228006671
Subject chain: Großbritannien / Kolonie / Zeitarbeit / Unfreier / Geschichte 1600-1700

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Author:Suranyi, Anna
Main title:Indentured servitude
Subtitle:unfree labor and citizenship in the British colonies
Author statement:Anna Suranyi
Place:Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago
Publisher:McGill-Queen's University Press
Year:[2021]
Physical Details:xiv, 278 Seiten
Illustration:Illustrationen
ISBN/ISSN/ISMN:9780228006688
ISBN/ISSN/ISMN:9780228006671
Note:Includes bibliographical references and index
Abstract:"Hundreds of thousands of British and Irish men, women, and children crossed the Atlantic during the seventeenth century as indentured servants. Many had agreed to serve for four years, but large numbers had been trafficked or "spirited away" or were sent forcibly by government agencies as criminals, political rebels, or destitute vagrants. In Indentured Servitude Anna Suranyi provides new insight into the lives of these people. The British government, Suranyi argues, profited by supplying labour for the colonies, removing unwanted populations, and reducing incarceration costs within Britain. In addition, it was believed that indigents, especially destitute children, benefited morally from being placed in indenture. Capitalist entrepreneurs who were influential at the highest levels of government made their fortunes from Atlantic trade in goods, indentured servants, and slaves, and their participation in the servant trade contributed to the commercialization of criminal justice. Suranyi breaks new ground in showing how indentured servitude was challenged: once in the colonies, indentured servants adapted resourcefully to their circumstances and rebelled against unfair conditions and abuse by suing their masters, by running away, or through outright revolt. Emerging ideas about race and citizenship led to vehement public debate about the conditions of indentured servants and the ethics of indenture itself, prompting legislation that aimed to curb the worst excesses while slavery continued to expand unchecked."--
Series:States, people, and the history of social change
Volume statement:4
Regensburger classification system:NW 8295
Regensburger classification system:NQ 9410
BV-Nummer:BV047511385
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