Part I, The trade in servants. indentured servants and redemptioners -- The trade in servants: two controlling factors -- Raising a cargo -- Kidnapping, Spiriting, and registry offices -- Part II, Penal transportation. convict transportation to 1718 -- Convict transportation after 1718 -- The transportation of rogues and vagabonds -- The transportation of political and military prisoners under the Commonwealth and Protectorate -- The transportation of political and military prisoners after 1660 -- Part III, The servant in the plantations. Voyage and srrival -- The custom of the country -- The servant on the plantations -- Freed servants -- Appendix: The number and distribution of indentured servants -- Notes -- Bibliographical note -- Index.
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