Drinks Hard, and Swears Much di Joseph Lee Boyle edito da Clearfield
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Drinks Hard, and Swears Much

White Maryland Runaways, 1770-1774

Editore:

Clearfield

EAN:

9780806355030

ISBN:

0806355034

Pagine:
378
Formato:
Paperback
Lingua:
Inglese
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Descrizione Drinks Hard, and Swears Much

By one estimate, between 350,000 and 500,000 colonists came to America as compulsory laborers. Some came as indentured servants, others as convicts. The transportation of servants into Maryland, in particular, reached its height in the middle of the 18th century, while convicts arrived there in ever-increasing numbers prior to the onset of the American Revolution. For the investors who underwrote the transportation of forced labor-brokers, ships' captains, landowners-the risks to their investment included death in passage, injury, chronic maladies, and running away. Out of necessity colonial newspapers carried ads offering rewards for the apprehension of runaways and/or notices about their capture. These ads, compiled mainly from a half-dozen Maryland and Pennsylvania newspapers, form the basis of this book.

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