The Origins of American Slavery
Subtitle: Freedom and Bondage in the English Colonies (Critical Issue)
Publisher: Hill and Wang
Published: March 4, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9780809016082
Subjects: United States; Slavery; History; Social Science; History - U.S.; History: American; United States - Colonial Period; History / United States / General; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; 17th century; Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
First sentence: The adoption of chattel slavery by the English in their New World colonies had no clear precedent in either English law or social and economic practice.