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Captured consent : contract labor in English charity, colonization, and war, 1600-1700 / Sonia Tycko.

Reveals how consent became a tool of labor coercion in seventeenth-century English apprenticeships, indentured servitude, military conscription, and prisoner of war labor. It will interest students and scholars of early modern legal, social, and economic history in British, European, and Atlantic contexts.

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Online Access Cambridge ebooks EBS 2026

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Main Author Tycko, Sonia (Author)
Edition1st ed.
Place, Publisher, Year Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 2026
Pages1 online resource (xiv, 345 pages) : : illustrations (black and white), digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN1-009-58188-0
1-009-58190-2
LanguageEnglish
Additional InformationTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Feb 2026).
Additional InformationAgreement to Apprenticeship under Indenture -- Consent in Colonial Service indentures -- Enticement in Servitude and Sex -- Indentured Servant Recruitment Disputes in Court -- Dishonorable Coercion in Military Impressment -- “Willing” Prisoners of War at Work
Target AudienceSpecialized.
Series TitleStudies in legal history.