Reconsidering Indentured Servitude: European Migration and the Early American Labor Force, 1600–1775
@article{Tomlins2001ReconsideringIS, title={Reconsidering Indentured Servitude: European Migration and the Early American Labor Force, 1600–1775}, author={Christopher L. Tomlins}, journal={Labor History}, year={2001}, volume={42}, pages={43 - 5} }
In the literature of early American history, transatlantic European migrationÐ and more speci® cally the recruitment and deployment of European laborÐ is overwhelmingly identi® ed with the phenomenon of indentured servitude. Indentured servitude was a an important early solution to the labor problem in many parts of English America,o and was a widely adopted,o becoming a a central institution in the economy and society of many parts of colonial British America.o In the Southern colonies it…
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