Access the full text.
Sign up today, get DeepDyve free for 14 days.
MJ/SBB 276/33; MJ/GBR 6/319, 321; MJ/SR 1404, recognizance 9
(1964)
The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle (1751) reprinted inJ
beautiful damsel (being greatly loved by her master's son) was, by her mistress, sold to Virginia
(2000)
The claim that the migration of Mrican slaves was 'forced' while indentured servants 'came of their own volition' is far too simple. See D. Eltis, The rise of African slavery in the
(1981)
The population history of England
(2000)
Some willing and. unwilling emigrants to Virginia in 1657
(1928)
The English Rogue Described in the Life of Meriton Latroon, A Witty Extravagant (1665-71), reprinted New York, 1928),653
The Vain and Prodigal Life and Tragical Penitent Death of Thomas Hellier (1680)
Public Record Office, Privy Council Minute Books, PC 2/57
For an approach to these texts based on current literary theory see D. Chambers, The Reinvention of the World
The Great Out-cry and Lamentable Complaint of the Land Against Bayliffs and their Dogs
Robinson Crusoe has usually been considered the first English novel
Aphra Behn must have been familiar with these practices since she later uses a similar device for the kidnap of her 'gallant Moor': Behn, Oroonoko
(1995)
Marks, signatures and stamps -the social rise of an emigration agent in later-Stuart London', Genealogists' Magazine
(1997)
This is arguably the first novel. It was dramatised by Thomas Southerne in 1695 and has continued to be played since then
The Genealogical Value of Early English Newspapers
(1995)
Marks, signatures and stamps - the social rise of an emigration agent in later-Stuart London
(1966)
The Citizen of the World (1762) reprinted in
Nicholas Canny, A. Low (1998)
The origins of empire : British overseas enterprise to the close of the seventeenth century
Public Record Office, Colonial Papers, CO 1/22, 56; Privy Council Minute Books
F. Grubb, T. Stitt (1994)
The Liverpool Emigrant Servant Trade and the Transition to Slave Labor in the Chesapeake, 1697-1707: Market Adjustments to WarExplorations in Economic History, 31
(2000)
The regulation and organisation of the trade in indentured servants for the American colonies in London, 1645-1718, and the career of William Haveland, emigration agent
(1971)
Irnmigration and opportunity. The freedman in colonial Maryland
White Seroitude in Colonial America, 99. This conclusion comes from a wider study but the London evidence for the period 1682-86 does not support it
(1997)
Squire, vol I, 256; which pre-dates Marx's dictum that 'people make their own history, but they do not do it under circumstances of their own choosing'. See R. j. Evans, In Defence of History
(1985)
Emigrants to America: Indentured Servants Recruited in London
J. Annesley (1975)
Memoirs of an unfortunate young nobleman
1986) 30-40. Morris, Government and Labor
L. Gray (1933)
History of Agriculture in the Southern United States to 1860Nature, 132
(1680)
or a Looking Glassfor all Merchants and Planters that are Concerned in the American Plantations (1682);John Wilmer, The Legacy ofJohn Wilmer
(1991)
The Invention of Free Labor: TheEmplayment Relationship in English and American Law and Culture
Vain and Prodigal Life
The Legacy ofJohn Wilmer. Citizen and late Merchant of London (1692)
(1932)
Indenture', in Encyclopaedia of the Social Sciences, vol
C. Shammas, David Galenson (1983)
Indentured Servitude and the First Sunbelt Migration@@@White Servitude in Colonial America: An Economic Analysis.Reviews in American History, 11
Public Record Office, Colonial Papers
High Court of Admiralty Papers, HCA 30/627. The William and Ellen, master Edward Watts, was bound for Virginia: London Port Books, E 190/52/1. For other examples see: Privy Council Minute Books
J. Wareing (1981)
Migration to London and transatlantic emigration of indentured servants, 1683–1775Journal of Historical Geography, 7
The role of ballads in spreading news and opinion is discussed in D. Freist, Governed by opinion. Politics, religion and the Dynamics of Communication in Stuart London
(1997)
Oroonoko, or, the Royal Slave (1688) reprinted inJ
H. Horwitz (1993)
Stilling the Grumbling Hive. The Response to Social and Economic Problems in England, 1689-1750Parliamentary History, 12
Richard Head called them 'Anthropopola or man seller': English Rogue, 96; Long called them 'man-traders
Public Record Office, Colonial Papers, CO 389/2
Prosecution and Punishrnent, 50. I have found a total from all sources in this period of only 225 cases involving a kidnapping
The Trappan'd Welshman Sold to Virginia
MJ/SR 1000, recognizances 50 and 51. Elizabeth Dennis was also charged with allowing it
T. Burke
The London spy
Public Record Office, Colonial Papers, CO 389/2, 15-18. When he found the servants himself the profit would have been considerably higher
M. Howe (1934)
Records of the Suffolk County CourtThe New England Quarterly, 7
(1979)
The Seventeenth-century Virginian (Charlottesville
Custom of the country' terms were not much different from the standard, printedcontract terms by which servants were bound before departure
Martin Klein, S. Miers (1975)
Britain and the Ending of the Slave TradeCanadian Journal of African Studies, 10
For further examples of the debt issue see CSP Colonial
1757), later reprinted as The Life and Curious Adventures of Peter Williamson
(1979)
Emigrants from Britain to the Colonies of America and the West Indies
T. Dunne (1987)
The writer as witness : literature as historical evidence
It is not clear whether or not the servant had been delivered and then escaped or had never been delivered. The former case seems more likely
R. McGowen, R. Shoemaker (1993)
Prosecution and Punishment: Petty Crime and the Law in London and Rural Middlesex, c. 1660-1725.
A minimum of 857 servants were bound in London in the year ending 4 September 1684 which is an annual total greater than any of Bristol's and which mainly reflects the activities of just twoJP's
(1970)
but Defoe was describing a London practice: Daniel Defoe, The History and Remarkable Life of the Truly Honourable Colonel jacque, Commonly Called Colonel jack (1722), reprinted in S
H. Gemery (1986)
Markets for migrants: English indentured servitude and emigration in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
N. Luttrell (1969)
A brief historical relation of state affairs
(1995)
The analogy was used in 'On the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen presenting the King and Duke of York each with a copy of his Freedom, AD 1674
The Case ofjohn Wilmore Truly and Impartially Related: or a Looking Glassfor all Merchants and Planters that are Concerned in the American Plantations
Historical Manuscripts Commission, Seventh Report, Appendix, 86; Public Record Office, Privy Council Minute Books
The practice of carrying away young children, by forcible or fraudulent means' was not made a felony until 1814, seven years after the abolition of the slave trade. 54 GeorgeIII, c.101
(1948)
Review of Smith, Colonists in bondage
The indictment was 'for plotting and contriving to convey Richard Hornold, an infant, beyond the seas thereby to murder him, being their own child
The English Rogue, 92. Smith comments that the account 'is fictional, but not therefore inaccurate'. See Smith, Colonists in Bondage
The Woman Outwitted, line 34
AbstractViolence and deception played a key role in the early settlement of North America, both in relation to slavery and the recruitment of indentured servants. Accounts of the ways in which the latter were recruited, both legally and otherwise, frequently appear in seventeenth and eighteenth-century narratives. This paper explores the context of those narratives, paying particular attention to the ways in which individuals were 'spirited' or recruited as servants through a variety of both legal and illegal means includin free will, persuasion, fraud and force. The scale of spiriting is explored in the context of legal records and different models are examined to explain the trade.
The London Journal: A Review of Metropolitan Society Past and Present – Taylor & Francis
Published: Nov 1, 2001
Read and print from thousands of top scholarly journals.
Already have an account? Log in
Bookmark this article. You can see your Bookmarks on your DeepDyve Library.
To save an article, log in first, or sign up for a DeepDyve account if you don’t already have one.
Copy and paste the desired citation format or use the link below to download a file formatted for EndNote
Access the full text.
Sign up today, get DeepDyve free for 14 days.
All DeepDyve websites use cookies to improve your online experience. They were placed on your computer when you launched this website. You can change your cookie settings through your browser.