Freedom Bound is about the origins of modern America - a history of colonizing; work; and civic identity from the beginnings of English presence on the mainland until the Civil War. It is a history of migrants and migrations; of colonizers and colonized; of households and servitude and slavery; and of the freedom all craved and some found. Above all it is a history of the law that framed the entire process. Freedom Bound tells how colonies were planted in occupied territories; how they were populated with migrants - free and unfree - to do the work of colonizing; and how the newcomers secured possession. It tells of the new civic lives that seemed possible in new commonwealths; and of the constraints that kept many from enjoying them. It follows the story long past the end of the eighteenth century until the American Civil War; when - just for a moment - it seemed that freedom might finally be unbound.
#437337 in Books 2015-10-16Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.00 x 1.00 x 6.00l; 1.25 #File Name: 0520287681408 pages
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