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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... London showed it was fool's gold . In the end , ' all turned to vapour ' . It is not known whether the rethink in London was prompted by this episode or by the increasing number of disaster stories coming from the colony - the deaths ...
... London showed it was fool's gold . In the end , ' all turned to vapour ' . It is not known whether the rethink in London was prompted by this episode or by the increasing number of disaster stories coming from the colony - the deaths ...
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... London to prevent that happening : ' We would not have these maids married to servants , ' the Virginia Company instructed.10 The burgesses did their part by imposing a ban on any maid or woman servant in the colony marrying without ...
... London to prevent that happening : ' We would not have these maids married to servants , ' the Virginia Company instructed.10 The burgesses did their part by imposing a ban on any maid or woman servant in the colony marrying without ...
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... London , four counsel , the under- sheriff and forty jurors . Numerous outbreaks and suspected outbreaks occurred in ... London to allow restrictions . ' That scores of people have been destroyed here by the jail fever first communicated ...
... London , four counsel , the under- sheriff and forty jurors . Numerous outbreaks and suspected outbreaks occurred in ... London to allow restrictions . ' That scores of people have been destroyed here by the jail fever first communicated ...
Table des matières
INTRODUCTION | 11 |
CHAPTER ONE | 21 |
CHAPTER TWO | 33 |
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acres Africans Algonquin America Annesley arrived Barbados became began Berkeley Hundred black slaves bondage boys Bradnox Bridewell British Captain Carolina CHAPTER Charles Charles Keeling Chesapeake Christopher claimed colonists colony convicts Coopy court death died Elizabeth emigrants England English enslaved felons followed forced free-willers freedom gaols George Gilbert gold Governor headright headright system History Humphrey Gilbert hundred indentured servants Ireland Irish island James Jamestown kidnapped King labour land later lives London Lord Maryland master merchants Mittelberger months murder Native Americans Negroes numbers Palatines Pennsylvania plantation planters poor Popham Popham colony prisoners Privy Council punishment Queen Raleigh rebellion rebels records reported returned Richard River Robert runaway sailed Scotland Scots sell sent servitude settlement settlers seventeenth century ship Sir Edwin Sandys Sir Thomas Smythe slavery Smith sold Spanish spirit story sugar tobacco took trade transportation Virginia Company voyage whipping white servants William Williamson women wrote young