White servitude was one of the major institutions in the economy
and society of early colonial British America. In fact more than
half of all the white immigrants to the British colonies sold
themselves into bondage for a period of years in order to migrate
to the New World. Professor Galenson's study of the system of
indentured servitude analyses rigourously the composition of this
labour force and provides a quantitative description of the
demographic, social and economic characteristics of more than
20,000 indentured immigrants. The author examines the interactions
between indentured, free and slave labour and provides a framework
for analysing why black slavery prevailed over white servitude in
the British West Indies and the southern mainland colonies and why
both types of bound labour declined to insignificance in the
northern colonies of the mainland.
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