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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... Robert Coopy from the village of Nibley in the Cotswolds . Nibley had already etched its mark on history 300 years before when King Edward II was imprisoned in nearby Berkeley Castle and , according to legend , horribly murdered on the ...
... Robert Coopy from the village of Nibley in the Cotswolds . Nibley had already etched its mark on history 300 years before when King Edward II was imprisoned in nearby Berkeley Castle and , according to legend , horribly murdered on the ...
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... Robert's stead . Like Robert , he was a skilled man , a carpenter and turner , and the evidence is that he had the same deal as Robert , plus the syndicate's agreement to pay his wife a few shillings while he was in America . That made ...
... Robert's stead . Like Robert , he was a skilled man , a carpenter and turner , and the evidence is that he had the same deal as Robert , plus the syndicate's agreement to pay his wife a few shillings while he was in America . That made ...
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... Robert , Earl of Essex 31-2 , 39-40 , 56 , 137 Dickenson , Jane 103 disease among convicts , servants , etc. 252 , 264 , 268 Barbados 184 gaol fever 268-9 , 272 Ireland 148 New England 117 Palatine migrants 216-18 prisoners of war 160 ...
... Robert , Earl of Essex 31-2 , 39-40 , 56 , 137 Dickenson , Jane 103 disease among convicts , servants , etc. 252 , 264 , 268 Barbados 184 gaol fever 268-9 , 272 Ireland 148 New England 117 Palatine migrants 216-18 prisoners of war 160 ...
Table des matières
INTRODUCTION | 11 |
CHAPTER ONE | 21 |
CHAPTER TWO | 33 |
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