Indentured Servitude: Unfree Labour and Citizenship in the British Colonies Suranyi Anna
Indentured Servitude: Unfree Labour and Citizenship in the British Colonies Suranyi Anna Hundreds of thousands of British and Irish men, women, and children crossed the Atlantic during the…
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Indentured Servitude: Unfree Labour and Citizenship in the British Colonies Suranyi Anna
Hundreds of thousands of British and Irish men, women, and children crossed the Atlantic during the seventeenth century as indentured servants. The British government, Suranyi argues, profited by supplying labour for the colonies, removing unwanted populations, and reducing incarceration costs within Britain. 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.
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 In addition, it was believed that indigents, especially destitute children, benefited morally from being placed in indenture.