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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... Maryland by ' custom of the country ' rulings that the provincial assembly eventually laid down specifics . Adult ... Maryland . Allen was among the first servants recruited for Maryland in the early 1630s . A decade and a half ...
... Maryland by ' custom of the country ' rulings that the provincial assembly eventually laid down specifics . Adult ... Maryland . Allen was among the first servants recruited for Maryland in the early 1630s . A decade and a half ...
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... Maryland flirted briefly with making ' desertion ' a capital offence but instead adopted the Virginia way - slapping an extra stretch of time on the servants ' indenture period . At first , the formula was two days ' extra servitude for ...
... Maryland flirted briefly with making ' desertion ' a capital offence but instead adopted the Virginia way - slapping an extra stretch of time on the servants ' indenture period . At first , the formula was two days ' extra servitude for ...
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... Maryland . Salmon and Moore assumed they could sell quite a number of convicts before any ban could be imposed . Salmon was also confident of buying off other influential men in Maryland . He would distribute ' porter and cheese ' among ...
... Maryland . Salmon and Moore assumed they could sell quite a number of convicts before any ban could be imposed . Salmon was also confident of buying off other influential men in Maryland . He would distribute ' porter and cheese ' among ...
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INTRODUCTION | 11 |
CHAPTER ONE | 21 |
CHAPTER TWO | 33 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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