A "wicked commerce": Consent, Coercion, and Kidnapping in Aberdeen's Servant Trade

A trade in kidnapped servants allegedly flourished in Aberdeen, Scotland, during the 1740s, spiriting away hundreds of adults and children into indentured labor in the American colonies. The person responsible for exposing this trade was its most famous victim, Peter Williamson, a native of Aberdeen...

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Veröffentlicht in:The WILLIAM AND MARY QUARTERLY. - The Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, 1892. - 74(2017), 3, Seite 437-466
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Veröffentlicht: 2017
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:The WILLIAM AND MARY QUARTERLY
Schlagworte:Law Economics Business Political science Behavioral sciences Social sciences