To Serve Well and Faithfully: Labor And Indentured Servants In Pennsylvania, 1682-1800

ISBN-13: 9780788416668 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 192 str.

Sharon V. Salinger

Opis

Thousands crossed the Atlantic to labor as bound workers in the Quaker colony. They came with little more than vague promises that servitude would propel them toward a future that would enable them to lead independent lives. What motivated them to take th