"To serve well and faithfully" : labor and indentured servants in Pennsylvania, 1682-1800

Author(s)

• Salinger, Sharon V. (Sharon Vineberg)

Bibliographic Information

"To serve well and faithfully" : labor and indentured servants in Pennsylvania, 1682-1800

Sharon V. Salinger

Cambridge University Press, 1987

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

• NCID: BA17298498
• ISBN:
  • 052133442X
• LCCN: 87000852
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: xiii, 192 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HD4875.U5
  • DC19 : 306/.363/09748
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Indentured servants -- Pennsylvania -- History
  • LCSH : Slave labor -- Pennsylvania -- History