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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Indentured Servitude"”.
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On the Path to Slavery: Indentured Servitude in Barbados and Virginia during the Seventeenth Century
… investigation and analysis of the institution of indentured servitude in the English colonies of Virginia and Barbados in the first half of the seventeenth century. It argues that the system of indentured servitude contributed to the development of property rights in individuals and thereby …
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Runaway indentured servants in Maryland, 1745-1760
Many studies of indentured servitude in the eighteenth century have tended to characterize the labor system as fairly rigid. An examination of runaway indentured servant advertisements in the Maryland Gazette reveals several factors prompting a different conclusion. A comparison of runaway servants …
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White labour in black slave plantation society /and economy : a case study of indentured labour in seventeenth century Barbados
… the number of works dealing with Black and Asian indentured servitude have been rapidly increasing. In this upsurge of interest in West Indian history the study of white indentured servitude, the basis of the early plantation economy, remained largely unworked. This study attempts to evaluate the …
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The Dark Underbellies of the Littles: A History of the Indo-Guyanese Diaspora, Race and Identity
… history of British colonialism, slavery, and indentured servitude and the sociocultural resilience of the Indo-Guyanese people. Using Little Guyana as a window onto the Indo-Guyanese American experience this thesis explores the ways in which racial tensions in Guyana have taken shape in the …
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Representing the Mixed Plate: Involving Descendant Communities and Kānaka Maoli in Hawai’i Plantation Museums
… museums traverse topics of labor, immigration, indentured servitude, and colonization. Simultaneously, these museums advance stories of perseverance, celebration, and multiculturalism. Through a museum ethnography of four Hawai’i plantation museums, I explore how locals and descendants of …
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Be loved from the other side: Amy Denver's influence in Toni Morrison's Beloved
<p>"Amy Denver, the white indentured servant who helped deliver Sethe's youngest child in Toni Morrison's Beloved, while often dismissed by the scholars of this Pulitzer Prize winning novel, deserves more attention. Dismissing the importance of Amy Denver's narrative in the novel presents a danger; …
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A MINOR TOUR IN A MAJOR CITY: WALKING THROUGH THE HISTORY OF CHILDHOOD IN PHILADELPHIA
… craft this project after researching children in indentured servitude at the American Philosophical Society. After some time exploring the landscape of the history of childhood in Philadelphia I decided to create this project to help fill the gap of underrepresented children in history. I propose …
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Caregiving, Crisis and Coercion in the American Revolutionary War
… coercive labour regimes (including enslavement, indentured servitude and gendered wage work) and military medical structures inherited from the British Army to provide nursing care for sick and wounded American soldiers. Between 1775 and 1783, the conflict’s violence and disease produced upwards …
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Whiteness as currency: colorism in contemporary fiction of the Anglophone Caribbean and the Cape
… similar histories of colonialism, slavery and indentured servitude in the Anglophone Caribbean and South Africa, specifically through the lens of contemporary literature written by authors whose work displays a particular sensitivity to these intersections. I am especially interested in the …