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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... arrived , as voluntary indentured servants or as transportees , they became , in their multitudes , slaves in the plantations . St Christopher prospered through tobacco . Those Irish who survived their indenture could start up their own ...
... arrived , as voluntary indentured servants or as transportees , they became , in their multitudes , slaves in the plantations . St Christopher prospered through tobacco . Those Irish who survived their indenture could start up their own ...
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... arrived in the province two years earlier . He came from the same family as James I's Lord Chancellor , Sir Francis Bacon , and he was married to a cousin of Governor Berkeley . Needless to say , the well - connected young man was ...
... arrived in the province two years earlier . He came from the same family as James I's Lord Chancellor , Sir Francis Bacon , and he was married to a cousin of Governor Berkeley . Needless to say , the well - connected young man was ...
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... arrived in the colonies . The Elizabeth and Anne set sail with 127 rebels but when it arrived in Virginia its complement was only 112. Investigations revealed the captain had been bribed to set the missing rebels ashore in England . It ...
... arrived in the colonies . The Elizabeth and Anne set sail with 127 rebels but when it arrived in Virginia its complement was only 112. Investigations revealed the captain had been bribed to set the missing rebels ashore in England . It ...
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INTRODUCTION | 11 |
CHAPTER ONE | 21 |
CHAPTER TWO | 33 |
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