The Bristol Registers of Servants Sent to Foreign Plantations, 1654-1686
Auteur : Peter Wilson Coldham
Date de publication : 1988
Éditeur : Genealogical Publishing Company
Nombre de pages : 491
Résumé du livre
"In 1654 the Bristol City Council passed an ordinance requiring that a register of servants destined for the colonies be kept, the purpose being to prevent the practice of dumping innocent youths into servitude. The registers, covering the period 1654 to 1686, are the largest body of indenture records known, and they also are a unique record of English emigration to the American colonies" -- publisher website (December 2007).