tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post5307480047707121227..comments2024-03-28T01:17:42.336-04:00Comments on The Philosopher's Stone: AFRO-AMERICAN STUDIES: A TUTORIAL PART FIVERobert Paul Wolffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-52960067067207570372011-07-03T00:03:45.205-04:002011-07-03T00:03:45.205-04:00There is a short overview article on indentured se...There is a short overview article on indentured servitude in the American colonies in an online encyclopedia of economic history produced by the Economic History Association:<br /><br />http://eh.net/encyclopedia/article/rosenbloom.indenture<br /><br />It also has a section on slavery. <br />The article contains an interesting suggestion that the New England colonies had much less indentured servitude among the total European immigration than the other colonies, though this appears to be based on too short a time period to be conclusive. If true, though, since much of the American "social (or collective) memory" comes from New England, it might help explain the source of the foundational themes. As with individual memory, perhaps, highly selective rather than wholly invented.wallyverrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18358344785499490511noreply@blogger.com