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Drinks Hard, and Swears Much
White Maryland Runaways, 1770-1774
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Artikel-Nr:
9780806355030
Veröffentl:
2010
Einband:
Paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
02.09.2010
Seiten:
378
Autor:
Joseph Lee Boyle
Gewicht:
475 g
Format:
216x140x20 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
By one estimate, between 350,000 and 500,000 colonists came to America as compulsory laborers. Some came as indentured servants, others as convicts. The transportation of servants into Maryland, in particular, reached its height in the middle of the 18th century, while convicts arrived there in ever-increasing numbers prior to the onset of the American Revolution. For the investors who underwrote the transportation of forced labor-brokers, ships' captains, landowners-the risks to their investment included death in passage, injury, chronic maladies, and running away. Out of necessity colonial newspapers carried ads offering rewards for the apprehension of runaways and/or notices about their capture. These ads, compiled mainly from a half-dozen Maryland and Pennsylvania newspapers, form the basis of this book.