White Cargo: The Forgotten History of Britain's White Slaves in America"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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Three of the Crown's leading councillors helped draft the document : Robert Cecil , Chief Secretary of State ; Sir Edward Coke , Attorney General ; and the fearsome Lord Chief Justice , Sir John Popham . Cecil emerged as principal ...
Three of the Crown's leading councillors helped draft the document : Robert Cecil , Chief Secretary of State ; Sir Edward Coke , Attorney General ; and the fearsome Lord Chief Justice , Sir John Popham . Cecil emerged as principal ...
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records that their Lordships [ the government ] agreed it was ' highly important ' to resolve the problem of ' the great number of convicts in Newgate ' and ' settle question of transportation to America'.5 A few months later , Lord ...
records that their Lordships [ the government ] agreed it was ' highly important ' to resolve the problem of ' the great number of convicts in Newgate ' and ' settle question of transportation to America'.5 A few months later , Lord ...
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Jefferson , Thomas 17 , 104 Jeffreys , George , Lord Chief Justice 131 Johnson , Anthony 169–71 , 175 joint stock companies 29 , 34 , 36 , 85 , 142 Jones , Rev Hugh 254 , 259 Jonson , Ben 35 Jupe , Captain John Colwyn 86-7 Kalinago 142 ...
Jefferson , Thomas 17 , 104 Jeffreys , George , Lord Chief Justice 131 Johnson , Anthony 169–71 , 175 joint stock companies 29 , 34 , 36 , 85 , 142 Jones , Rev Hugh 254 , 259 Jonson , Ben 35 Jupe , Captain John Colwyn 86-7 Kalinago 142 ...
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WHITE CARGO: The Forgotten History of Britain's White Slaves in America
Avis d'utilisateur - KirkusTwo British journalists unravel a significant history of indentured servitude in the New World.Before the 18th century, when Southern tobacco grandees and West Indian sugar planters imported Africans ... Consulter l'avis complet
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Avis d'utilisateur - Sarah Fournier - GoodreadsRead selected chapters for research on a history paper. His writing is very emotional (if thats the right word). He is trying to make indentured servitude look horrible on the same scale as black slavery almost and his language gets the point across. Very persuasive. Consulter l'avis complet
Table des matières
INTRODUCTION | 11 |
CHAPTER ONE | 21 |
CHAPTER TWO | 33 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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Informations bibliographiques
| 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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