| Summary: | youngster n The men who worked ashore for the fishing masters were mostly indentured servants - the so-called Irish Youngsters, who were abducted from Ireland either by force or guile and literally sold by the head to the owners of the Newfoundland fishing establishments. They could be hanged for running away, but nevertheless many of them did, and during the French-English wars they deserted, wholesale, and joined the French army. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M. Story JAN 1970 JH 1/70 Used I Used I Not used Stamped but not cited in DNE
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