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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... usually ignored in the ten national censuses conducted between 1719 and 1858. Sources frequently refer to the number of " souls ” or “ male souls , ” which means quite simply the number of males ( of all ages ) ; to arrive at a rough ...
... usually denominated slaves in English . ? Constituting perhaps 10 percent of the population , they were a diverse group : among them were high - status persons who served in administrative capacities as well as more numerous domestic ...
... usually meant trading dependence on one source for dependence on another ; for example , peasants would leave one landlord to rent from another who promised better terms . Still , the very ability to move in a time of relative labor ...
... usually spoke the language — at least in the seventeenth century , when most of them came from the British Isles — and were at least partially familiar with the agricultural techniques practiced by the set20 tlers . Given the ...
... usually involving their serving additional time and , for subsequent offenses , branding or mutilation . Newspaper advertisements for fugitives give evidence of both the scope of the problem and the treatment of servants . A typical ...
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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 |