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Prologue: Human bondage -- The children of Jamestown -- Indian bondage -- The captives of New France -- English town by the sea -- The Dutch servants of New Netherlands and New York -- Daniel Defoe's London -- The Voyage of the Free-Willers -- Infortunate servants -- Oglethorpe's dream -- The prisoners of Culloden -- John Harrower and servitude in the Colonial South -- New England apprentices -- Servants and the American Revolution -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Documents in the history of Colonial American Servitude

List of entries -- Guide to related topics -- Preface -- Introduction: American poverty -- Chronology -- Alphabetical entries -- Documents in the history of American poverty

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Volume 1: Pre-contact through the American Revolution -- List of Entries -- List of Primary Documents -- Introduction -- Chronology -- A-Z entries -- Primary Source Documents -- Bibliography -- About the Editors and Contributors -- Index -- Volume 2: Independence through the Civil War -- List of Entries -- List of Primary Documents -- Introduction -- Chronology -- A-Z entries -- Primary Source Documents -- Bibliography -- About the Editors and Contributors -- Index -- Volume 3: Reconstruction through the Civil Rights Movement -- List of Entries -- List of Primary Documents -- Introduction -- Chronology -- A-Z entries -- Primary Source Documents -- Bibliography -- About the Editors and Contributors -- Index -- Volume 4: Post-Civil Rights to the Present -- List of Entries -- List of Primary Documents -- Introduction -- Chronology -- A-Z entries -- Primary Source Documents -- Bibliography -- About the Editors and Contributors -- Index.

The volumes in this set, originally published between 1967 and 2011, available as ebooks for the first time, include succinct, accessible books on two of the most important periods of American history which offer concise treatment of these major historical topics, as well as some lengthier, finest single-volume studies of the American Civil and Revolutionary Wars ever written and an outstanding reference tool in a 2 volume Encyclopedia. Among other things they: Bring central themes and problems into sharper focus. Discuss the pivotal roles played by Benjamin Franklin and Abraham Lincoln. Examine the role of medical doctors in the northern campaigns during the revolutionary war. Elucidate the character of the underlying moral and political problem of slavery. Discuss the social and political experience of the civil war whilst examining the centrality of what happened on the battlefield. Evaluate the legacy of the Civil War for America and for the world and emphasize its relationship to many of the dominating themes of modern history - democracy, freedom, equality and nationalism.