The Invention of Free Labor: The Employment Relation in English and American Law and Culture, 1350-1870 eBook

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Examining the emergence of the modern conception of free labor–labor that could not be legally compelled, even though voluntarily agreed upon–Steinfeld explains how English law dominated the early American colonies, making violation of al labor agreements punishable by imprisonment. By the eighteenth century, traditional legal restrictions no longer applied to many kinds of colonial workers, but it was not until the nineteenth century that indentured servitude came to be regarded as similar to slavery.

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9780807854525, 9781469616407

The Invention of Free Labor: The Employment Relation in English and American Law and Culture, 1350-1870 is written by Robert J. Steinfeld and published by The University of North Carolina Press. The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for The Invention of Free Labor are 9781469616391, 1469616394 and the print ISBNs are 9780807819883, 0807819883. Additional ISBNs for this eTextbook include 9780807854525, 9781469616407.