Colonists in Bondage : White Servitude and Convict Labor in America, 1607-1776 (Unc Press Enduring Edition)

This is the story of the colonists of the kitchens, the stables, the fields, the shops, and those who came to America as indentured servants, men and women who sold themselves to masters for a period of time in order to pay passage from an old world to a new and freer one. Their leaven has gone into the fiber of American society. Originally published in 1947.