Abbot Emerson SMITH, “Colonists in Bondage. White servitude and Convict Labor in America (1607-1776) ” . 1947

Richard Brandon MORRIS, “Government and Labor in Early America” . 1946

Two very good books , Morris gives exhaustive references and samples of Judicial archives of that period.

You can find used copies on Amazon.com.

America is a nation of former convicts ( some of them were the scum of the nation , others were ordinary people sent to jail for little offences : stealing food, cattle etc) , war, political and “religious” prisoners , loose women , kidnapped people ; poor people ( who sold themselves for 4 or 7 years service) enslaved by Merchants, Planters and The British Monarchy.

Thomas Jefferson called “Rattlesnakes” the white convicts deported by English into America. English jails were emptied into the new British colony called America. It was the same for French Louisiana, and the first settlers of French Canada who were “Jailbirds”.

After American Independence the Jails of England were about to explode until they created a new colony (nation) of convicts called Australia.

Many “good families” in Virginia had “lewd women” into their family tree. The loose women of London streets, Scotland and other parts of great britain were sent their , for a breeding purpose…

See also this link : Butler, James Davie ; “British Convicts Shipped to American Colonies.”

http://www.dinsdoc.com/butler-1.htm

It must be said that white servants were slaves for a limited period , and black people replaced them by becoming perpetual slaves even if they first came in 1619 as Indentured servants too (See Anthony Johnson)

Some White servants died as slaves during their indenture period, because their master were very tough on them.

Others died as slaves and became perpetual slaves because they lost their indenture contract /Paper.

We have also many instances where their indenture period were lenghtened for different reasons (mainly “criminals”) : Running away (Maroons), stealing ( they were hungry so it was mainly food stealing) , having a baby (specially for women), Revolts .

When they passed this indenture period , they were supposed to get “Freedom Dues”, generally acres (property) or special quantity of Sugar or Tobacco.

Some of the Indentured Servants had good masters and thay had a chance to be educated. They were the luckiest…

But generally speaking they were treated like beats. For instance when they escaped they were branded by the letter “R” ( R for RUNAWAY) on the cheek (or the forehead) as a punishment…The masters could sold the family members (white servants) to different people.

The names “hillbillies” or “Rednecks” remind us or their existence.

The Indentured Servants are a neglected part of the history of the United states

US president Andrew Johnson for instance was an escaped servant (see Michael Hoffmann II).

The white bondage stopped for economic reasons, Firstly it was more profitable to get a slave for life with no salary to be paid.

Secondly America was independent from the mother country who used to deport all the unwanted people in their colony . This solution was not possible anymore.

Thirdly ,Mercantilists were against white bondage as well, they thought that after freedom they could get enough skills which would permit them to compete against the mother country economy or production.

Nevertheless the treatment applied to the black man in the USA was worst. White bondage in America was for a limited time [Temporary], Black slavery was for the entire lifetime [Perpetual]. This is the main and most important difference.

After indenpendence we had a new form of white slavery specially in the south , the miscegenation was so high that white slaves were among the black slaves on the cotton fields.

They generally fled in the north and “passed for whites”, many advertisements of the 19th century in newspapers described (by their masters) these type of slaves as white with fair skins, blue eyes and sandy hairs.

Please see the book :

The Forgotten Cause of the Civil War: A New Look at the Slavery Issue by Lawrence R. Tenzer

Many advertisements for the recovering of white slaves but define as “niggers” because of the roman law adopted by racist American slave drivers “Partus sequitur Ventrem” or “One drop rule” ; are available.

Octoroons and even some Quadroons could be white as snow but define as negroes.

During this period white children were kidnapped in the North and the South and sold as slaves in the South plantations.

Africans all over the planet however have a special place in the misery ladder. The fact is even the most liberal white person will almost intuitively back his own white government when push comes to shove: when black people really demand equality of opportunity. This fact must be appreciated by Africans and dealt with accordingly through study of their real history and science and technology to rebuild Africa.

Mysticism & magic -whether foreign or homegrown or hybrid will never build Africa. Hard (yes hard serious study) will .Period