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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... allowed him to claim vast tracts of America in the Queen's name . Only those areas to the south already ruled by ' Christian princes ' were officially precluded , i.e. those already invaded by the Spanish and Portuguese . However , with ...
... allowed him to claim vast tracts of America in the Queen's name . Only those areas to the south already ruled by ' Christian princes ' were officially precluded , i.e. those already invaded by the Spanish and Portuguese . However , with ...
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... allowed to address the House of Commons on behalf of the company and roared at them to stop wasting time on trivial matters and concentrate on saving Virginia . Martin demanded they set up a committee to consider how to populate the ...
... allowed to address the House of Commons on behalf of the company and roared at them to stop wasting time on trivial matters and concentrate on saving Virginia . Martin demanded they set up a committee to consider how to populate the ...
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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 ...
Table des matières
INTRODUCTION | 11 |
CHAPTER ONE | 21 |
CHAPTER TWO | 33 |
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acres Africans Algonquin America Annesley arrived Barbados became began Berkeley Hundred black slaves bondage boys Bradnox Bridewell British Captain Carolina CHAPTER Charles Charles Keeling Chesapeake Christopher claimed colonists colony convicts Coopy court death died Elizabeth emigrants England English enslaved felons followed forced free-willers freedom gaols George Gilbert gold Governor headright headright system History Humphrey Gilbert hundred indentured servants Ireland Irish island James Jamestown kidnapped King labour land later lives London Lord Maryland master merchants Mittelberger months murder Native Americans Negroes numbers Palatines Pennsylvania plantation planters poor Popham Popham colony prisoners Privy Council punishment Queen Raleigh rebellion rebels records reported returned Richard River Robert runaway sailed Scotland Scots sell sent servitude settlement settlers seventeenth century ship Sir Edwin Sandys Sir Thomas Smythe slavery Smith sold Spanish spirit story sugar tobacco took trade transportation Virginia Company voyage whipping white servants William Williamson women wrote young