A01=Lawrence William Towner
African American culture
Author_Lawrence William Towner
Barnstable Counties
bonded laborers
bonded servitude studies
Category=JM
Chronic Labor Shortage
Cock Crowed
colonial labor systems
comparative analysis of bonded labor
Disorderly Behavior
early American society
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Free Artisans
gender issues
gender roles in servitude
Gentleman's Gentleman
Gentleman’s Gentleman
Indentured Servitude
legal status of laborers
Lord's Day
Lord’s Day
Lower Element
Provincial Period
Refractory Servants
social hierarchy research
Temporary Servitude
Top Mast
Usual Provision
White Man's Law
White Man’s Law
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9780815327875
- Weight: 690g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 01 Apr 1998
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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First published in 1998. Early American historians are finding connections between the bonded status of African American slaves, European indentured servants, convicts, and sailors. An excellent starting point for this inquiry is this neglected classic by Lawrence Towner, former head of the Newberry Library in Chicago and editor of the William and Mary Quarterly . This comprehensive study of the lives and experiences of bonded laborers in colonial Massachusetts demonstrates the full sweep of their work and aspirations. Towner analyzes the legal status of all varieties of black and white bonded laborers. He explores their living and working conditions and discusses the cultural significance of work in their lives. The book also address gender issues in bonded labor. The author's approach provides a new understanding of the experiences of black and white workers in early America, and corrects a long-standing neglect of blacks in previous research. This edition makes this important work available in print for the first time, and includes an introductory essay by Alfred F. Young, Dissertations and Gatekeepers: Why it took45 Years for a Ph.D. Thesis to be Published.
(Ph.D. dissertation, Northwestern University; 1954)
