youngsters
youngster n The arrival of the English and Jersey merchants had yet another result. These companies used indentured labour. Each year their ships brought out cargoes of so-called "youngsters" (men ranging in age from fourteen to sixty/years) recruited mostly in the countries [_SIC_] of Dev...
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Language: | English |
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1970
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Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/67841 |
Summary: | youngster n The arrival of the English and Jersey merchants had yet another result. These companies used indentured labour. Each year their ships brought out cargoes of so-called "youngsters" (men ranging in age from fourteen to sixty/years) recruited mostly in the countries [_SIC_] of Devon, Dorset, and Somerset and on the island of Jersey. PRINTED ITEM G.M. Story JAN 1970 JH 1/70 Used I Used I Not used |
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