SCSU Hilton C. Buley Library: United States Labor History: Colonial

THE COLONIAL PERIOD

THE COLONIAL PERIOD brought about several historical labor issues. See also: indentured servants and/or slave labor

Indentured Servants
Slave Labor
The Beginning, Progress, and Conclusion
of Bacon's Rebellion in Virginia. In the Years 1675 and 1676. Farmer's revolt against corrupt government, 1676.
Colonial Williamsburg
Slide shows of Queen Elizabeth II visit to Williamsburg in 2007
The First American Boom: Virginia 1618 to 1630
Morgan. E (1971). The William and Mary Quarterly 28(2), pp. 169-198. Retrieved from the University's JSTOR database.
"I Was Sure of Getting a Trade"
John Fitch's Long Journey Towards Becoming an Artisan
The Labor Problem at Jamestown, 1607 - 18.
Morgan, E. (1971). The American Historical Review, 76(3), pp. 595-611.
"Our Plantation is Very Weak"
The Experiences of an Indentured Servant in Virginia, 1623

"Old Capitol Building, Williamsburg."

"Old Capitol Building, Williamsburg."Note the incorrect flag,
the red saltire wasn't added to the Union Jack until 1801, i.e.
after the USA achieved independence from the United Kingdom." (Tijuana Brass)

(Photo from Tijuana Brass at en.wikipedia [Public domain], from Wikimedia Commons

"They Live Well in the Time of Their Service"
George Alsop Writes of Servants in Maryland, 1683
Virtual Jamestown
First-Hand Accounts - By date 1550 - 1749
"We Unfortunate English People Suffer Here"
An English Servant Writes Home by Elizabeth Sprigs