White Cargo: The Forgotten History of Britain's White Slaves in AmericaMainstream, 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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... Ireland was where court favourite the Earl of Essex ended his career in bloodshed and failure despite the assistance of the ruthless Francis Drake . What happened in Ireland over several centuries had a direct bearing on how the first ...
... Ireland was where court favourite the Earl of Essex ended his career in bloodshed and failure despite the assistance of the ruthless Francis Drake . What happened in Ireland over several centuries had a direct bearing on how the first ...
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... Ireland was there to be sailed past or around . Ships stopped on the way for supplies and Ireland became an important point on the route to the west . It was natural that Irish men and women would get swept up in the great colonial ...
... Ireland was there to be sailed past or around . Ships stopped on the way for supplies and Ireland became an important point on the route to the west . It was natural that Irish men and women would get swept up in the great colonial ...
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... Ireland but under Elizabeth I the desire to impose some uniformity of religion upon Ireland became much more strident . By the middle of the 1600s , Irish Catholics - the vast majority of the people – found themselves subject to an ...
... Ireland but under Elizabeth I the desire to impose some uniformity of religion upon Ireland became much more strident . By the middle of the 1600s , Irish Catholics - the vast majority of the people – found themselves subject to an ...
Table des matières
INTRODUCTION | 11 |
CHAPTER ONE | 21 |
CHAPTER TWO | 33 |
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| Titre | White Cargo: The Forgotten History of Britain's White Slaves in America |
| Auteurs | Don Jordan, Michael Walsh |
| Édition | illustrée |
| Éditeur | Mainstream, 2007 |
| ISBN | 1845961951, 9781845961954 |
| Longueur | 320 pages |
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