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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... James himself had plotted with Essex . Within a month of assuming the English throne , James not only restored Smythe to all his offices but also knighted him . Sir Thomas Smythe would be James I's chief adviser on trade , with a ...
... James himself had plotted with Essex . Within a month of assuming the English throne , James not only restored Smythe to all his offices but also knighted him . Sir Thomas Smythe would be James I's chief adviser on trade , with a ...
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... James . After the King developed an interest in exotic mammals and birds , Smythe had his captains return with parakeets and monkeys , big cats and bears for the royal cages . When James expressed interest in the flying squirrels ...
... James . After the King developed an interest in exotic mammals and birds , Smythe had his captains return with parakeets and monkeys , big cats and bears for the royal cages . When James expressed interest in the flying squirrels ...
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... James was accused of stealing a silver spoon . The child was taken to George's Quay , rowed to King's End , about a mile from the city , and put on board a ship named , not without irony , the James . The ship's passenger list shows a James ...
... James was accused of stealing a silver spoon . The child was taken to George's Quay , rowed to King's End , about a mile from the city , and put on board a ship named , not without irony , the James . The ship's passenger list shows a James ...
Table des matières
INTRODUCTION | 11 |
CHAPTER ONE | 21 |
CHAPTER TWO | 33 |
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