Name: Indentured Servitude: Unfree Labour and Citizenship in the British Colonies (States, People, and the History of Social Change)
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Author: Anna Suranyi
ISBN: 9780228006688

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Indentured Servitude: Unfree Labour and Citizenship in the British Colonies (States, People, and the History of Social Change)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Anna Suranyi

Year

2021

Language

English

Pages

288

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9780228006688

Synopsis "Indentured Servitude: Unfree Labour and Citizenship in the British Colonies (States, People, and the History of Social Change) "

Hundreds of thousands of British and Irish men, women, and children crossed the Atlantic during the seventeenth century as indentured servants. 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. The British government, Suranyi argues, profited by supplying labour for the colonies, removing unwanted populations, and reducing incarceration costs within Britain. In addition, it was believed that indigents, especially destitute children, benefited morally from being placed in indenture. 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 participation in the servant trade contributed to the commercialization of criminal justice. Suranyi breaks new ground in showing how indentured servitude was challenged: once in the colonies, indentured servants adapted resourcefully to their circumstances and rebelled against unfair conditions and abuse by suing their masters, by running away, or through outright revolt. Emerging ideas about race and citizenship led to vehement public debate about the conditions of indentured servants and the ethics of indenture itself, prompting legislation that aimed to curb the worst excesses while slavery continued to expand unchecked.

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