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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... Britain in 2007 by MAINSTREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY ( EDINBURGH ) LTD 7 Albany Street Edinburgh EH1 3UG ISBN 9781845961954 No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any other means without permission in ...
... Britain in 2007 by MAINSTREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY ( EDINBURGH ) LTD 7 Albany Street Edinburgh EH1 3UG ISBN 9781845961954 No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any other means without permission in ...
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... Britain packing from America a hundred years before George Washington . Some see him as a self - serving adventurer who tapped into the grievances of thousands in a bid for personal power . Others see Bacon as a true revolutionary , a ...
... Britain packing from America a hundred years before George Washington . Some see him as a self - serving adventurer who tapped into the grievances of thousands in a bid for personal power . Others see Bacon as a true revolutionary , a ...
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... Britain's prisons , and Britain's alone . Howard's researches had taken him to gaols in most corners of western Europe ( only the Bastille wouldn't allow him in ) and in none had he found gaol fever . Contrasting the prisons of Europe ...
... Britain's prisons , and Britain's alone . Howard's researches had taken him to gaols in most corners of western Europe ( only the Bastille wouldn't allow him in ) and in none had he found gaol fever . Contrasting the prisons of Europe ...
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INTRODUCTION | 11 |
CHAPTER ONE | 21 |
CHAPTER TWO | 33 |
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