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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... Gilbert was granted leave to go ahead . He was given six years to found a colony . - His motives weren't , of course , purely altruistic . For Gilbert as for so many empire builders – personal aggrandisement and the national interest ...
... Gilbert was granted leave to go ahead . He was given six years to found a colony . - His motives weren't , of course , purely altruistic . For Gilbert as for so many empire builders – personal aggrandisement and the national interest ...
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... Gilbert's , took his pick from the Breton jails to man successive expeditions to parts of the New World that Gilbert had an eye on . It was said that de la Roche's ships were ' deep freighted with vice ' . ? At first , the Queen was ...
... Gilbert's , took his pick from the Breton jails to man successive expeditions to parts of the New World that Gilbert had an eye on . It was said that de la Roche's ships were ' deep freighted with vice ' . ? At first , the Queen was ...
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... Gilbert flourished his royal commission and claimed Newfoundland as English . He then issued licences for them all to continue fishing and just as suddenly departed . His fleet headed west and south , casting along the dangerous eastern ...
... Gilbert flourished his royal commission and claimed Newfoundland as English . He then issued licences for them all to continue fishing and just as suddenly departed . His fleet headed west and south , casting along the dangerous eastern ...
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INTRODUCTION | 11 |
CHAPTER ONE | 21 |
CHAPTER TWO | 33 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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