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Most histories of the english and american employment relationship1 operate from the implicit assumption that free labor has always represented the norm in the wage labor relationship unfree labor it is widely recognized of course occupied a central position in the medieval labor system. Amazoncom the invention of free labor the employment relation in english and american law and culture 1350 1870 studies in legal history 9780807854525 steinfeld robert j books. The invention of free labor examining the emergence of the modern conception of free labor labor that could not be legally compelled even though voluntarily agreed upon steinfeld explains how english law dominated the early american colonies making violation of al labor agreements punishable by imprisonment. The invention of free labor the employment relation in english and american law and culture 1350 1870 robert j steinfeld 2014 book published by the university of north carolina press series studies in legal history. See this journals title history the invention of free labor the employment relation in english and american law and culture 1350 1870 chapel hill nc university of north carolina press 1991