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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... Smith's origins are obscure . He appears to have been from the English gentry and to have arrived in Virginia with numerous servants in the early 1660s . Going by the experience of one skilled man whom Smith recruited , he made generous ...
... Smith's origins are obscure . He appears to have been from the English gentry and to have arrived in Virginia with numerous servants in the early 1660s . Going by the experience of one skilled man whom Smith recruited , he made generous ...
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... Smith and his first wife's sister . Smith denied all of Carter's charges but was judged to have fathered the dead child and fined 500 pounds of tobacco . He was recognised as a gentleman and so was spared the whip . More of Smith's ...
... Smith and his first wife's sister . Smith denied all of Carter's charges but was judged to have fathered the dead child and fined 500 pounds of tobacco . He was recognised as a gentleman and so was spared the whip . More of Smith's ...
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... Smith , John , The Complete Works of Captain John Smith ( University of North Carolina Press , 1986 ) - The True Travels , Adventures and Observations of Capt John Smith ( T. Slater , 1630 ) Smith , Warren B. , White Servitude in ...
... Smith , John , The Complete Works of Captain John Smith ( University of North Carolina Press , 1986 ) - The True Travels , Adventures and Observations of Capt John Smith ( T. Slater , 1630 ) Smith , Warren B. , White Servitude in ...
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INTRODUCTION | 11 |
CHAPTER ONE | 21 |
CHAPTER TWO | 33 |
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