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'Violently taken away or cheatingly duckoyed'. The illicit recruitment in London of indentured servants for the American colonies, 1645–1718

'Violently taken away or cheatingly duckoyed'. The illicit recruitment in London of... 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. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The London Journal: A Review of Metropolitan Society Past and Present Taylor & Francis

'Violently taken away or cheatingly duckoyed'. The illicit recruitment in London of indentured servants for the American colonies, 1645–1718

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Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Copyright
© 2001 Maney Publishing
ISSN
1749-6322
eISSN
0305-8034
DOI
10.1179/ldn.2001.26.2.1
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Abstract

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.

Journal

The London Journal: A Review of Metropolitan Society Past and PresentTaylor & Francis

Published: Nov 1, 2001

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