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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... World . The experience in Munster did not deter Popham from such schemes and his Lordship was soon propelled towards the far more ambitious project of colonising America . He was now in his late fifties , so why did the New World ...
... World . The experience in Munster did not deter Popham from such schemes and his Lordship was soon propelled towards the far more ambitious project of colonising America . He was now in his late fifties , so why did the New World ...
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... World and would go down in history . ' I die content , ' he wrote . ' My name will always be associated with the first planting of the English race in the New World . My remains will not be neglected away from the home of my fathers and ...
... World and would go down in history . ' I die content , ' he wrote . ' My name will always be associated with the first planting of the English race in the New World . My remains will not be neglected away from the home of my fathers and ...
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... World . Merchants published advertisements , bogus letters were planted in the press and tracts extolling America were passed hand to hand . The Dublin Weekly Journal , for instance , carried an advert in January 1735 offering Irish ...
... World . Merchants published advertisements , bogus letters were planted in the press and tracts extolling America were passed hand to hand . The Dublin Weekly Journal , for instance , carried an advert in January 1735 offering Irish ...
Table des matières
INTRODUCTION | 11 |
CHAPTER ONE | 21 |
CHAPTER TWO | 33 |
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