Escaping Servitude : a Documentary History of Runaway Servants in Eighteenth-Century Virginia.

Escaping Servitude : a Documentary History of Runaway Servants in Eighteenth-Century Virginia.

Breaking with historical orthodoxy that claims Bacon's Rebellion marked the death knell of white labor in the Chesapeake and that colonial Virginians achieved racial hegemony in the eighteenth century, Escaping Servitude debunks the myth of the benign institution and the sentimentalized, conten...

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Main Author: Bly, Antonio T.
Other Authors: Haygood, Tamia
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Blue Ridge Summit : Lexington Books, 2014.
Subjects:
1600-1799
Indentured servants > Virginia > History > 18th century > Sources.
Indentured servants > Virginia > Social conditions > 18th century > Sources.
Indentured servants
Virginia > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 > Sources.
Virginia
History
Sources
Online Access:Click for online access
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Summary:Breaking with historical orthodoxy that claims Bacon's Rebellion marked the death knell of white labor in the Chesapeake and that colonial Virginians achieved racial hegemony in the eighteenth century, Escaping Servitude debunks the myth of the benign institution and the sentimentalized, content servant and reveals revolt and day-to-day resistance.
Physical Description:1 online resource (445 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780739192757
0739192752
9780739192740
0739192744
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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