1973
GUSN-169825
Old Time New England article, 1973.
Article ID 206
SC001
Old-Time New England
SC001.1973.063.231.005
The New England Puritan attitude toward Black slavery arose from economic necessity and chronic labor shortage. To justify its introduction into the New England colonies, Puritans looked to the Hebraic precedent of the institution of slavery.
Volume 63, Number 231 (Winter, 1973)
Peter W. Mackinlay (Author)
Slavery
Enslaved person
New England
Puritans
(1973). Old Time New England. Boston, Mass.: Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities.
Item
Boston, Mass.
Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities
Old Time New England
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