Unfree Labor: American Slavery and Russian SerfdomHarvard University Press, 1 Mar 1990 - 534 halaman Two massive systems of unfree labor arose, a world apart from each other, in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. The American enslavement of blacks and the Russian subjection of serfs flourished in different ways and varying degrees until they were legally abolished in the mid-nineteenth century. Historian Peter Kolchin compares and contrasts the two systems over time in this magisterial book, which clarifies the organization, structure, and dynamics of both social entities, highlighting their basic similarities while pointing out important differences discernible only in comparative perspective. |
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... hand , the slaves and serfs played major roles in shaping — and setting limits to - their own bondage . A final way in which this volume differs from much existing comparative history lies in its organization . I have sought to avoid ...
... hand of God with the plague ” and spoke of the devastation caused by Ivan IV's henchmen , who " murdered everyone they encountered ” and “ ransacked the entire countryside . " 11 Peasants responded to the crisis in a variety of ways ...
... hands . Only after the Anglo - Dutch war of 1664-67 was English naval superiority established ; shortly thereafter , in 1672 , the Royal African Company , with a ( theoretical ) monopoly of the English slave trade , was formed . Even ...
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... hands at harvest time — was quite sufficient , and there was little need for forced labor . Where crops were grown for export , planters sought to maximize their production and extend the acreage planted . In such areas , which included ...
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PART II The Bondsmen and Their Masters | 193 |
The Crisis of Unfree Labor | 359 |
Bibliographical Note | 377 |
Notes | 385 |
Index | 505 |