This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: ...they may live well withall, the Merchant makes an Assignment of the Indenture over to him whom This was the indenture, and those who came subject to one were called indentured, or indented, servants. they of their free will have chosen to be their Master, in the same nature as we here in England (and no otherwise) turn ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: ...they may live well withall, the Merchant makes an Assignment of the Indenture over to him whom This was the indenture, and those who came subject to one were called indentured, or indented, servants. they of their free will have chosen to be their Master, in the same nature as we here in England (and no otherwise) turn over Covenant Servants or Apprentices from one Master to another. Then let those whose chaps are always breathing forth those filthy dregs of abusive exclamations, which are Lymbeckt from their sottish and preposterous brains, against this Country of Mary-Land, saying, That those which are transported over thither, are sold in open Market for Slaves, and draw in Carts like Horses; which is so damnable an untruth, that if they should search to the very Center of Hell, and enquire for a Lye of the most antient and damned stamp, 1 confidently believe they could not find one to parallel this: For know, That the Servants here in Mary-Land of all Colonies, distant or remote Plantations, have the least cause to complain, either for strictness of Servitude, want of Provisions, or need of Apparel: f Five dayes and a half in the Summer weeks is the alotted time that they work in; and for two months, when the Sun predominates in the highest pitch of his heat, they claim an Servants who enjoyed the privilege of choosing their own master upon their arrival in the province were called free-willers. In our day these as well as those then called indented servants are commonly spoken of as redemptioners. t We may readily believe that Alsop is here speaking too exclusively from his own experience to give a true picture of the general treatment of servants in Maryland at this time. See Dankers and Siuyters, pp. 191, 216; Eddis's Letters from America, pp. 63-89;...
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