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020 _a9781479869985
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100 1 _aHardesty, Jared,
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245 1 0 _aUnfreedom :
_bslavery and dependence in eighteenth-century Boston /
_cJared Ross Hardesty.
260 _aNew York :
_bNew York University Press,
_c(c)2016.
300 _a1 online resource (225 pages)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aEarly American places
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505 0 0 _aIntroduction: a world of unfreedom --
_tOrigins --
_tDeference and dependence --
_tSocial worlds --
_tLaboring lives --
_tAppropriating institutions --
_tAfterword: the fall of the house of unfreedom.
520 0 _a"In Unfreedom, Jared Ross Hardesty examines the lived experience of slaves in eighteenth-century Boston. Instead of relying on the traditional dichotomy of slavery and freedom, Hardesty argues we should understand slavery in Boston as part of a continuum of unfreedom. In this context, African slavery existed alongside many other forms of oppression, including Native American slavery, indentured servitude, apprenticeship, and pauper apprenticeship. In this hierarchical and inherently unfree world, enslaved Bostonians were more concerned with their everyday treatment and honor than with emancipation, as they pushed for autonomy, protected their families and communities, and demanded a place in society. Drawing on exhaustive research in colonial legal records --
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650 0 _aSlavery
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650 0 _aEnslaved persons
_zMassachusetts
_zBoston
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_y18th century.
650 0 _aIndentured servants
_zMassachusetts
_zBoston
_xHistory
_y18th century.
655 1 _aElectronic Books.
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