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Indentured Migration and the Servant Trade from London to America, 1618-1718: ´There is Great Want of Servants´
John Wareing
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Description for Indentured Migration and the Servant Trade from London to America, 1618-1718: ´There is Great Want of Servants´
Hardback. The first 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. Num Pages: 320 pages, black and white figures. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1K; 3JD; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 598.
The key role played by indentured servants in the settlement and development of the English colonies in the West Indies and the North American mainland in the first century of English colonisation has been overshadowed by interest in the much larger later trade in African slaves. 'There is Great Want of Servants' provides the first full examination of the English trade in indentured servants, which delivered the majority of an estimated 457,000 white people who migrated to the American colonies before 1720. English colonisation intended to create 'new Englands out of England' - to enlarge trade and plantation - ... Read more
The key role played by indentured servants in the settlement and development of the English colonies in the West Indies and the North American mainland in the first century of English colonisation has been overshadowed by interest in the much larger later trade in African slaves. 'There is Great Want of Servants' provides the first full examination of the English trade in indentured servants, which delivered the majority of an estimated 457,000 white people who migrated to the American colonies before 1720. English colonisation intended to create 'new Englands out of England' - to enlarge trade and plantation - ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
597g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198788904
SKU
V9780198788904
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Ref
99-2
About John Wareing
John Wareing was formerly Head of the School of Geography and Environmental Studies in the University of North London. He is a well-travelled Historical Geographer with a doctorate in History and a long-standing interest in migration and indentured service to the American colonies. He has spent enjoyable periods in libraries and record offices in England, North America, and the West ... Read more
Reviews for Indentured Migration and the Servant Trade from London to America, 1618-1718: ´There is Great Want of Servants´
The book is at its strongest in explaining how the servant trade in England worked ... this book adds significantly to our understanding of how English merchants organized one major stream of migration to the Americas
Jordan B. Smith, North Carolina Historical Review
for historians and graduate students interested in early modern English population movements, servant migration to ... Read more
Jordan B. Smith, North Carolina Historical Review
for historians and graduate students interested in early modern English population movements, servant migration to ... Read more