White Cargo: The Forgotten History of Britain's White Slaves in AmericaMainstream Pub., 2007 - 320 pages "White cargo is the forgotten story of the thousands of Britons who lived and died in bondage in Briatin's American colonies." "Drawing on letters crying for help, diaries, and court and government archives, Jordan and Walsh demonstrate that the brutalities usually associated with black slavery alone were perpetrated on whites throughout British rule." --book jacket. |
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... first lottery in fifty years and only the second in England's history , netting a staggering £ 8,000 , the equivalent of £ 1 million today . But even that was not enough . In another crisis , Smythe asked investors to forgo their first ...
... first lottery in fifty years and only the second in England's history , netting a staggering £ 8,000 , the equivalent of £ 1 million today . But even that was not enough . In another crisis , Smythe asked investors to forgo their first ...
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... first in the lifetime enslavement of isolated individuals . Who this first happened to isn't known . But the earliest recorded cases are of men who were being punished for running away , and , what is more , for running away together ...
... first in the lifetime enslavement of isolated individuals . Who this first happened to isn't known . But the earliest recorded cases are of men who were being punished for running away , and , what is more , for running away together ...
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... first hulks . Campbell was a merchant with extensive sugar interests in Jamaica who had handled all convict transportations from London and the Home Counties for the previous six years . The first of the hulks was the Justitia , which ...
... first hulks . Campbell was a merchant with extensive sugar interests in Jamaica who had handled all convict transportations from London and the Home Counties for the previous six years . The first of the hulks was the Justitia , which ...
Table des matières
INTRODUCTION | 11 |
CHAPTER ONE | 21 |
CHAPTER TWO | 33 |
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acres Africans Algonquin America Annesley arrived Barbados became began Berkeley Hundred black slaves bondage boys Bradnox Bridewell British Captain Carolina CHAPTER Charles Charles Keeling Chesapeake Christopher claimed colonists colony convicts Coopy court death died Elizabeth emigrants England English enslaved felons followed forced free-willers freedom gaols George Gilbert gold Governor headright headright system History Humphrey Gilbert hundred indentured servants Ireland Irish island James Jamestown kidnapped King labour land later lives London Lord Maryland master merchants Mittelberger months murder Native Americans Negroes numbers Palatines Pennsylvania plantation planters poor Popham Popham colony prisoners Privy Council punishment Queen Raleigh rebellion rebels records reported returned Richard River Robert runaway sailed Scotland Scots sell sent servitude settlement settlers seventeenth century ship Sir Edwin Sandys Sir Thomas Smythe slavery Smith sold Spanish spirit story sugar tobacco took trade transportation Virginia Company voyage whipping white servants William Williamson women wrote young