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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... Charles Thomas had been convicted of stealing one wooden tub , valued at a penny , and twelve pounds ' weight of butter , valued at five shillings . Charles Keeling was a former midshipman who admitted stealing a sword . Christopher ...
... Charles Thomas had been convicted of stealing one wooden tub , valued at a penny , and twelve pounds ' weight of butter , valued at five shillings . Charles Keeling was a former midshipman who admitted stealing a sword . Christopher ...
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... Charles Keeling saved her from being raped and then the captain being robbed . Keeling grabbed a blunderbuss and threatened to use it on his fellow convicts.1 10 The Swift was now between Rye and Dungeness . She carried two longboats ...
... Charles Keeling saved her from being raped and then the captain being robbed . Keeling grabbed a blunderbuss and threatened to use it on his fellow convicts.1 10 The Swift was now between Rye and Dungeness . She carried two longboats ...
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... Charles Keeling . His life was saved by testimony regarding his behaviour in preventing a rape . Not so fortunate was Christopher Trusty . He was hanged . ' The following month , the Swift sailed again , carrying about a hundred ...
... Charles Keeling . His life was saved by testimony regarding his behaviour in preventing a rape . Not so fortunate was Christopher Trusty . He was hanged . ' The following month , the Swift sailed again , carrying about a hundred ...
Table des matières
INTRODUCTION | 11 |
CHAPTER ONE | 21 |
CHAPTER TWO | 33 |
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