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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... Jamestown . The site proved anything but ideal . The fragility of the project was swiftly brought home to them - or should have been . Having picked the site for their fort , the most capable leaders , Gosnold and Newport , left others ...
... Jamestown . The site proved anything but ideal . The fragility of the project was swiftly brought home to them - or should have been . Having picked the site for their fort , the most capable leaders , Gosnold and Newport , left others ...
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... Jamestown , there was nothing to applaud . When Sir Thomas Gates and Sir George Somers and the other survivors of the Sea Venture finally made the Jamestown settlement in 1610 , they found that the colony marketed as an earthly paradise ...
... Jamestown , there was nothing to applaud . When Sir Thomas Gates and Sir George Somers and the other survivors of the Sea Venture finally made the Jamestown settlement in 1610 , they found that the colony marketed as an earthly paradise ...
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... Jamestown Statehouses ( National Park Service Interpretive Series History , 1956 ) Hening , William W. , The Statutes at Large : Being a Collection of All the Laws of Virginia from the First Session of the Legislature ( Richmond , 1823 ) ...
... Jamestown Statehouses ( National Park Service Interpretive Series History , 1956 ) Hening , William W. , The Statutes at Large : Being a Collection of All the Laws of Virginia from the First Session of the Legislature ( Richmond , 1823 ) ...
Table des matières
INTRODUCTION | 11 |
CHAPTER ONE | 21 |
CHAPTER TWO | 33 |
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