A People Between: Servitude in Colonial Virginia, 1700-1783

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dc.contributor.advisorBoles, John B.en_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberGoetz, Rebecca A.en_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberJoseph, Bettyen_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberEkirch, A. Rogeren_US
dc.creatorMadar, Allisonen_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-16T15:53:54Zen_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-16T15:53:57Zen_US
dc.date.available2013-09-16T15:53:54Zen_US
dc.date.available2013-09-16T15:53:57Zen_US
dc.date.created2013-05en_US
dc.date.issued2013-09-16en_US
dc.date.submittedMay 2013en_US
dc.date.updated2013-09-16T15:53:57Zen_US
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation recasts how historians and scholars have come to understand bound labor in eighteenth-century Virginia. Servants—including indentured servants, customary servants, convicts, Virginia-born servants, and apprentices—remained a part of Virginia’s work force throughout the eighteenth century. Servants were a people between and navigated the worlds of freedom and unfreedom on a daily basis, working alongside slaves, negotiating with their masters, and attempting to make sense of their place in Virginia society as an alternative source of bound labor. Some historians, however, dismiss servants, claiming that by the end of the seventeenth century they had all but disappeared and that a general solidarity existed between all whites by the early eighteenth century. Other scholars acknowledge the presence of servants after the turn of the century, but rarely discuss their significance outside of economic analyses or migration studies. Throughout the eighteenth century Virginia masters failed to find common cause with this white labor force—despite its largely European origins and temporary bondage—and servants were constantly ensnared in the power relationships dictated by race, gender, and labor in colonial Virginia. The presence of servants throughout the eighteenth century suggests a need to reconsider colonial society not only across the lines of color but also along the lines of condition.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationMadar, Allison. "A People Between: Servitude in Colonial Virginia, 1700-1783." (2013) Diss., Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/71993">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/71993</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.slug123456789/ETD-2013-05-550en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/71993en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.en_US
dc.subjectServitudeen_US
dc.subjectColonial Virginiaen_US
dc.subjectEighteenth centuryen_US
dc.subjectVirginiaen_US
dc.subjectServantsen_US
dc.titleA People Between: Servitude in Colonial Virginia, 1700-1783en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentHistoryen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineHumanitiesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen_US
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophyen_US
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