Mgr. Ivo Prax

Bachelor's thesis

Indentured Servitude and Slavery in Colonial America

Indentured Servitude and Slavery in Colonial America
Abstract:
The thesis examines the beginnings of the Jamestown settlement and the process of enslavement of the Africans. It explores difficulties which beset the settlement right form the beginning. Among these are the initial inability to grow food, the shortage of workers and the dubious characters of newcomers. The second part is devoted to blacks. It comments on whites' negative attitude towards blacks, …more
 

Keywords

Virginia Jamestown slavery indentured servitude blacks Negroes work
 
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 23. 5. 2007
Identifier: https://is.muni.cz/th/m5epk/

Thesis defence

  • Date of defence: 14. 6. 2007
  • Supervisor: B.A. Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel

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Humanities / English Language and Literature

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