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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... English troops in Munster , where the English responded to a revolt by launching an ethnic - cleansing campaign to replace the native Irish with plantations of English Protestants . In this gory arena , the ambitious young firebrand ...
... English troops in Munster , where the English responded to a revolt by launching an ethnic - cleansing campaign to replace the native Irish with plantations of English Protestants . In this gory arena , the ambitious young firebrand ...
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... English Protestants . Catholic Irish were ordered out and the land was offered at tuppence an acre to English landlords who would undertake to ' plant ' it with tenants from England . Popham was one of many who saw himself accumulating ...
... English Protestants . Catholic Irish were ordered out and the land was offered at tuppence an acre to English landlords who would undertake to ' plant ' it with tenants from England . Popham was one of many who saw himself accumulating ...
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... English scheme to eradicate them . Of course , the English and the Normans had sparred with the Irish for centuries . The English thought of the Irish as uncivilised - despite their uncanny ability to entice colonists into taking on ...
... English scheme to eradicate them . Of course , the English and the Normans had sparred with the Irish for centuries . The English thought of the Irish as uncivilised - despite their uncanny ability to entice colonists into taking on ...
Table des matières
INTRODUCTION | 11 |
CHAPTER ONE | 21 |
CHAPTER TWO | 33 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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