The Invention of Free Labor

The Employment Relation in English and American Law and Culture, 1350-1870

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Law, Labour & Employment, History, Americas, United States, Colonial Period (1600-1775), British
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Author: Robert J. Steinfeld ISBN: 9781469616391
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press Publication: February 1, 2014
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press Language: English
Author: Robert J. Steinfeld
ISBN: 9781469616391
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Publication: February 1, 2014
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
Language: English

Examining the emergence of the modern conception of free labor--labor that could not be legally compelled, even though voluntarily agreed upon--Steinfeld explains how English law dominated the early American colonies, making violation of al labor agreements punishable by imprisonment. By the eighteenth century, traditional legal restrictions no longer applied to many kinds of colonial workers, but it was not until the nineteenth century that indentured servitude came to be regarded as similar to slavery.

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Examining the emergence of the modern conception of free labor--labor that could not be legally compelled, even though voluntarily agreed upon--Steinfeld explains how English law dominated the early American colonies, making violation of al labor agreements punishable by imprisonment. By the eighteenth century, traditional legal restrictions no longer applied to many kinds of colonial workers, but it was not until the nineteenth century that indentured servitude came to be regarded as similar to slavery.

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