In Slavery and Servitude in Colonial North America, Kenneth Morgan
shows how the institutions of indentured servitude and black slavery
interacted in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. He covers all
aspects of the two labor systems, including their impact on the economy,
on racial attitudes, social structures and on regional variations within
the colonies. Throughout, overriding themes emerge: the labor market in
North America, the significance of racial distinctions, supply and
demand factors in transatlantic migration and labor, and resistance to
bondage.
This is an ideal introduction to an area that is crucial for
understanding not just Colonial American society but also the later
development of the United States.