Labour Conditions
Labour Conditions
This chapter provides a discussion of the various labour conditions for sailors in the sixteenth to nineteenth century. It analyses the skewed relationship between employer and labourer and, in some cases, presents a bleak picture of the risks and dangers involved in the career of a voyager.
Keywords: Maritime History, Maritime Labour, European Maritime History, European Maritime Labour, Labour Migration, Free Labour
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