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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... 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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| 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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