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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... Irish across the Atlantic . The political events that led up to this mass migration of people began in England but quickly spread to Ireland . As relations between Charles I and Parliament worsened in the 1640s , the Irish Catholics saw ...
... Irish across the Atlantic . The political events that led up to this mass migration of people began in England but quickly spread to Ireland . As relations between Charles I and Parliament worsened in the 1640s , the Irish Catholics saw ...
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... Irish could be deported to feed the voracious labour market in America while making room in Ireland for planters from England . This does not seem to have been an orchestrated movement but it was a nice piece of serendipity for nascent ...
... Irish could be deported to feed the voracious labour market in America while making room in Ireland for planters from England . This does not seem to have been an orchestrated movement but it was a nice piece of serendipity for nascent ...
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... Irish dearly they lost not only their lands but what remained of their reputation . The Irish character , already blackened by Cambrensis and by a tendency to stage occasional uprisings , was reputed to be so bad that when American ...
... Irish dearly they lost not only their lands but what remained of their reputation . The Irish character , already blackened by Cambrensis and by a tendency to stage occasional uprisings , was reputed to be so bad that when American ...
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INTRODUCTION | 11 |
CHAPTER ONE | 21 |
CHAPTER TWO | 33 |
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