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White Servitude in Pennsylvania: Indentured and Redemption Labor in Colony and Common Wealth

by
Cheesman Abiah Herrick

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CONTENTS

                                                            Page
Preface                                                        v

PART I
INTRODUCTORY

CHAPTER I
The Influence of Labor on Colonial Development                 1

CHAPTER II
Indentured Labor in Pennsylvania Before 1700                  27


PART II
DEMAND FOR INDENTURED AND REDEMPTION
SERVANTS IN PENNSYLVANIA

CHAPTER III
Demand for Settlers Created a Demand for Indentured
    Servants                                                  41

CHAPTER IV
Demand for White Servants Due to Diversified Industry...

CHAPTER V
Demand for White Servants Increased by Sentiment Against
    Negro  Slavery...


PART III
SUPPLY OF SERVANTS UNDER INDENTURE

CHAPTER VI
Home Supply of Servants                                      100

CHAPTER VII
Transportation as a Source of Supply                         113


CHAPTER VIII
Supply of Indentured Servants from Great Britain             142

CHAPTER IX
Supply of German Servants                                    168


PART IV
THE INDENTURED AND REDEMPTION LABOR
SYSTEM IN OPERATION

CHAPTER X
Sale and Distribution of Servants                            195

CHAPTER XI
Runaway Servants                                             217

CHAPTER XII
Enlistment of Servants for Colonial Wars                     233


PART V
CONCLUSION

CHAPTER XIII
Later History and Disappearance of Redemption Labor          254

CHAPTER XIV
Results of White Servitude in Pennsylvania...


APPENDIX I
Laws Affecting White Servitude in Pennsylvania               286

APPENDIX II
Emigration Record From Great Britain, opposite               309

APPENDIX III
 I. Primary Sources                                          309
II. Secondary Sources                                        320



ILLUSTRATIONS

A Typical Indenture                                 Frontispiece
                                                        Fronting
                                                            Page

German Redemption Agreement                                    4

Early Record of Arrival of Servants                           35

Petition  to  be Sold as a Servant                           100

Petitions to be Sold for Debt                                105

How a Freeman Became a Servant (1740)                        106

An Indenture with Certificate for Leaving England            146

Page of Britannica Account Book                              186

An Indenture Entered into before the Mayor of Philadelphia   196

Account Against a Runaway Servant                            217

Petition Against a Runaway                                   218

Petition Against a Servant Who Refused to Work               219

Petition of Man Arrested on Suspicion of Being a Runaway
    Servant                                                  220

Petition Against a Servant With the Decision Indorsed        230

An Indenture Made Before the Register of German Pas-
    sengers                                                  255

Closing Record in Registry of Redemptioners                  266

A Servant's Petition for Better Treatment                    275

A Servant's Petition to Secure His Rights, (1741)            277

Certificate of a Servant's Character                         281

Emigration Record from Great Britain                         309

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