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Examining the emergence of the modern conception of free labor--labor that could not be legally compelled, even though voluntarily agreed upon--Steinfeld explains how English law dominated the early American colonies, making violation of al labor agreements punishable by imprisonment. By the eighteenth century, traditional legal restrictions no longer applied to many kinds of colonial workers, but it was not until the nineteenth century that indentured servitude came to be regarded as similar to slavery.

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Both for its own particular ideas, and as an example of what labor law history is beginning to achieve, it is a book to be recommended.<br>( Labor History )

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Robert J. Steinfeld is professor emeritus of law at the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law.

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