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"Straw Hat Maker"
This illustration was one of several published in the American edition of The Book of Trades, or Library of the Useful Arts, a British survey of crafts that were practiced in the colonies. Each illustration was accompanied by a description of the [...]
Item Type: Poster/Print
Historical Era: Colonization and Settlement (1621-1750)
A Domestic Servant Sues for her Son (1735)
Indentured servitude was common in Spanish colonized areas of North America. Indentured servitude was a system of labor in which a person had to work for four to seven years without pay in exchange for passage to the “New World.” Employers were [...]
Item Type: Laws/Court Cases
Historical Era: Colonization and Settlement (1621-1750)