Yes indeed. What little I've read about the early colonial period suggests that white and Black indentured servants (who were generally exploited) did sometimes make common cause, so driving a wedge between them was crucial. White indentured servants could become free, but Black indentured servants became slaves. HCR's colleague Joanne F…
Yes indeed. What little I've read about the early colonial period suggests that white and Black indentured servants (who were generally exploited) did sometimes make common cause, so driving a wedge between them was crucial. White indentured servants could become free, but Black indentured servants became slaves. HCR's colleague Joanne Freeman could almost certainly tell us a few things about this, although her period is a little later. (P.S. Is anyone else furious with Vox for taking "Now & Then" off the air??)
Yes indeed. What little I've read about the early colonial period suggests that white and Black indentured servants (who were generally exploited) did sometimes make common cause, so driving a wedge between them was crucial. White indentured servants could become free, but Black indentured servants became slaves. HCR's colleague Joanne Freeman could almost certainly tell us a few things about this, although her period is a little later. (P.S. Is anyone else furious with Vox for taking "Now & Then" off the air??)