1st Edition
A Good Master Well Served Masters and Servants in Colonial Massachusetts, 1620-1750
By Lawrence William Towner
Copyright 1998
288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1998. Early American historians are finding connections between the bonded status of African American slaves, European indentured servants, convicts, and sailors. An excellent starting point for this inquiry is this neglected classic by Lawrence Towner, former head of the Newberry Library in Chicago and editor of the William and Mary Quarterly . This comprehensive study of the... Read more
1. Factors Influencing Conditions of Labor and the Institution of Servitude 2. The Servant Elite: Apprentices and Indentured Servants 3. The Poor as a Source of Bound Labor 4. The Servant Lower Classes: Debtors, War Prisoners, Criminals, Indians and Negroes 5. The Servant at Work 6. The Servant's Leisure Time 7. The Servant Protests 8. The Runaway Servant 9. Conclusion
Biography
William Lawrence Towner
