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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... Berkeley Hundred . Coopy indentured with them in the summer of 1619. In return for his passage to America , plus food and shelter , he was to be bound to the syndicate as a servant for three years . When that time was served , he would ...
... Berkeley Hundred . Coopy indentured with them in the summer of 1619. In return for his passage to America , plus food and shelter , he was to be bound to the syndicate as a servant for three years . When that time was served , he would ...
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... 100 servants each to Virginia and claimed their land rewards . We don't know how the Berkeley Hundred's indentured servants were treated after they were put to work . There is little more to go on than the records of mortality rates ...
... 100 servants each to Virginia and claimed their land rewards . We don't know how the Berkeley Hundred's indentured servants were treated after they were put to work . There is little more to go on than the records of mortality rates ...
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... Berkeley Hundred , where Thomas Coopy's wife and children had been allowed to join him . That Friday , the official death toll on the Berkeley Hundred was eleven . The Coopys were not among those named but Thomas , his wife Joan and ...
... Berkeley Hundred , where Thomas Coopy's wife and children had been allowed to join him . That Friday , the official death toll on the Berkeley Hundred was eleven . The Coopys were not among those named but Thomas , his wife Joan and ...
Table des matières
INTRODUCTION | 11 |
CHAPTER ONE | 21 |
CHAPTER TWO | 33 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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