Most Americans think the white colonists all came over free rather than in bondage.
In most cases, this was neither bondage caused by aristocracy nor monarchy, but rather by merely the contract with a ship captain, or a colonial entrepreneur.
In most cases, this was neither bondage caused by aristocracy nor monarchy, but rather by merely the contract with a ship captain, or a colonial entrepreneur.
For the numbers, which are staggering, take a look at J H Elliott, and his reference sources, Empires of the Atlantic World, p 258.
For bondage specifically, similar in many ways to slavery, or to convict transportation and its consequences, but theoretically temporary, and its magnitudes, see Bailyn Voyagers To The West
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