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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... never conformed entirely to the masters ' wishes or expectations . Their relationship therefore represented an uneasy equilibrium , a compromise with which no one was entirely happy . If the masters had the upper hand , the slaves and ...
... never been so enthusiastic about the forbidden years as the majority of pomeshchiki . The result was disastrous . Massive flight , brigandage , and social chaos once again engulfed the countryside , and the population suffered from ...
... never became a major institution in the English colonies . The proximity of the wilderness and of friendly tribes made escape relatively easy for Indian slaves . The absence of a tradition of agricultural work among East Coast Indian ...
... never answer'd the design of their coming till they have purchased land which as soon as possible they do & begin to improve ev'n before they are able to mentain [ sic ] themselves . ” That slavery did not allow for the development of ...
... never actually reduced to slaves . But when the economic and political dislocations leading Englishmen to flee their country had largely disappeared , the need to offer positive incentives to potential immigrants was much greater . The ...
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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 |