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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... Chesapeake Bay . When Newport opted to make for the invitingly sheltered waters of the bay , he was furiously criticised by Bartholomew Gosnold , who insisted it was a bad decision and tried to force Newport to head out again and steer ...
... Chesapeake Bay . When Newport opted to make for the invitingly sheltered waters of the bay , he was furiously criticised by Bartholomew Gosnold , who insisted it was a bad decision and tried to force Newport to head out again and steer ...
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... Chesapeake . There are libraries of batterings and whippings or careless inhumanity . As with the deaths of Elizabeth Abbott and Elias Hinton , the cruelty tended either to go unpunished or , if there was a successful prosecution ...
... Chesapeake . There are libraries of batterings and whippings or careless inhumanity . As with the deaths of Elizabeth Abbott and Elias Hinton , the cruelty tended either to go unpunished or , if there was a successful prosecution ...
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... Chesapeake duo and so the same motive to repress wasn't there . Even in the Carolinas and Georgia there were relatively few white servants . The exception was Pennsylvania . In later decades , there would be as many English servants ...
... Chesapeake duo and so the same motive to repress wasn't there . Even in the Carolinas and Georgia there were relatively few white servants . The exception was Pennsylvania . In later decades , there would be as many English servants ...
Table des matières
INTRODUCTION | 11 |
CHAPTER ONE | 21 |
CHAPTER TWO | 33 |
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