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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... allowed me here for a week . You have given more than my day's allowance to a beggar at the door.1 A gunsmith , Goodman Jackson , took pity on Frethorne and offered him shelter after finding him at the end of a day's toil trying to ...
... allowed me here for a week . You have given more than my day's allowance to a beggar at the door.1 A gunsmith , Goodman Jackson , took pity on Frethorne and offered him shelter after finding him at the end of a day's toil trying to ...
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... allowed the accused to pay a sum in compensation to their victim . From the Middlesex records , it is obvious that many cases reported to the court never proceeded to trial . At the end of the seventeenth century , spiriting continued ...
... allowed the accused to pay a sum in compensation to their victim . From the Middlesex records , it is obvious that many cases reported to the court never proceeded to trial . At the end of the seventeenth century , spiriting continued ...
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... allowed the banished one to decide upon the country of his or her exile . Transportation in this case meant serving under English rule . Unfortunately for the delicate sensibilities of the Scots , London insisted . The Privy Council ...
... allowed the banished one to decide upon the country of his or her exile . Transportation in this case meant serving under English rule . Unfortunately for the delicate sensibilities of the Scots , London insisted . The Privy Council ...
Table des matières
INTRODUCTION | 11 |
CHAPTER ONE | 21 |
CHAPTER TWO | 33 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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| 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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