Unfreedom : slavery and dependence in eighteenth-century Boston / Jared Ross Hardesty

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Contents: Introduction: a world of unfreedom -- Origins -- Deference and dependence -- Social worlds -- Laboring lives -- Appropriating institutions -- Afterword: the fall of the house of unfreedom
Summary: Jared Ross Hardesty examines the lived experience of slaves in eighteenth-century Boston. Instead of relying on the traditional dichotomy of slavery and freedom, Hardesty argues we should understand slavery in Boston as part of a continuum of unfreedom. In this context, African slavery existed alongside many other forms of oppression, including Native American slavery, indentured servitude, apprenticeship, and pauper apprenticeship.

Topic: Slavery--History; Slaves--History; Indentured servants--History; History; Social conditions