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har·row 1

 (hăr′ō)
n.
A farm implement consisting of a heavy frame with sharp teeth or upright disks, used to break up and even off plowed ground.
tr.v. har·rowed, har·row·ing, har·rows
1. To break up and level (soil or land) with a harrow.
2. To inflict great distress or torment on.

[Middle English harwe.]

har′row·er n.

har·row 2

 (hăr′ō)
tr.v. har·rowed, har·row·ing, har·rows Archaic
To plunder or rob (Hell of redeemed souls). Used of Jesus after the Crucifixion.

[Middle English herwen, variant of harien; see harry.]

Har·row

 (hăr′ō)
A borough of Greater London in southeast England. It is the site of the public school Harrow, founded in 1572.
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This book describes servants and servitude in colonial America, including children in Jamestown, American Indians, captives of New France, indentured servants in Portsmouth, Dutch servants in New Netherland and New York, portrayals in the writing of Daniel Defoe, impoverished Europeans who traveled to the US on their own free will, William Moraley, Georgia immigrants living in a colony established by James Oglethorpe, political prisoners of the wars of England against the Scottish and Irish, English servants like John Harrower who worked alongside African American slaves, and child apprentices, as well as issues related to the American Revolution.
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They offer readers a neat summary of the themes that govern the narrative, a telling example of Elizabeth Harrower's carefully controlled style, and a glimpse of how substance and technique fit together in this author's work.