The Infortunate - The Voyage and Adventures of William Moraley, an Indentured Servant

In the decade since its original publication Susan Klepp and Billy Smith have unearthed new information on Moraley's life, both before his ill-fated venture as an indentured servant from England to the "American Plantations" and after his return to England. This revised version features this additional information while presenting the autobiography in a new way, offering more explicit emphasis for students and teachers in college, university, and high school about how to read and interpret Moraley's autobiography.

About the author

Susan E. Klepp is Professor of Colonial American History and American Women's History at Temple University. She contributed the essay on Colonial Pennsylvania to Pennsylvania: A History of the Commonwealth, edited by Randall Miller and William Pencak (Penn State, 2002).Billy G. Smith is Michael P. Malone Professor of History at Montana State University. He has edited two other Penn State Press books: Life in Early Philadelphia: Documents from the Revolutionary and Early National Periods (1995) and Down and Out in Early America (2004).

Summary

First published by Penn State Press in 1992, William Moraley's first-hand account of bound servitude provides a glimpse of life among the lower classes in England and the American colonies during the 18th century. This revised edition features additional information and shows how to read and interpret Moraley's autobiography.

Product details

• Authors: Susan E. Klepp, William Moraley, Billy G. Smith
• Assisted by: Susan E. Klepp (Editor), Susan E. (Professor of History Klepp (Editor), Klepp Susan E. (Editor), Billy G. Smith (Editor), Billy G. (Michael P. Malone Professor of History Smith (Editor)
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.04.2005
• EAN: 9780271026763
• ISBN: 978-0-271-02676-3
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 340 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss, Karten
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Biography: historical, political and military, C 1700 To C 1800, Slavery and abolition of slavery