A German Indentured Servant in Barbados in 1652: The Account of Heinrich von Uchteritz
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1970 (A. Gunkel and J. S. Handler), A German Indentured Servant in Barbados in 1652: The Account of Heinrich von Uchteritz. Jl.of the Barbados Mus. and Hist. Soc. 33: 91-100
Cromwell shipped considerable numbers of his political and military enemies to Barbados where many of them were forced to labor as indentured servants. Heinrich von Uchteritz, a German mercenary, was captured after the Battle of Worcester in 1651, and spent about four and a half months on the island in 1652.
A German Indentured Servant in Barbados in 1652: The Account of Heinrich von Uchteritz
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