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Pauline Maier Early American History

"All Manner of Slavery Servitude Labour Service Bondage and Hire": Varieties of Indian and African Unfreedom in Colonial New England and Jamaica

Linford Fisher, Brown University
Comment: Jennifer Anderson, SUNY - Stonybrook
Tuesday, May 5, 2015, 5:15PM - 7:30PM

New England and Jamaica seemed worlds apart during the colonial period, on the surface at least. But is it possible that there was more than meets the eye? This paper investigates varying ways that people of color labored in Jamaica and New England, and how these unfree circumstances changed over time.