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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... began , ' The land then swarmed with people who had been soldiers , who had never gotten ( or else quite forgotten ) any other vocation ... too proud to beg , too lazy to labour . These infected the highways with their felonies . " 8 In ...
... began , ' The land then swarmed with people who had been soldiers , who had never gotten ( or else quite forgotten ) any other vocation ... too proud to beg , too lazy to labour . These infected the highways with their felonies . " 8 In ...
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... began early in 1618. Sir Thomas Smythe and Sir Edwin Sandys , the Puritan politician , represented the company . Sandys , one of the leading figures in the House of Commons , was a major investor in the Virginia Company and had involved ...
... began early in 1618. Sir Thomas Smythe and Sir Edwin Sandys , the Puritan politician , represented the company . Sandys , one of the leading figures in the House of Commons , was a major investor in the Virginia Company and had involved ...
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... began his journey to America guilty of nothing more than poverty and hope . Another perception of indentured servants was far more insidious . They came to be viewed as - and treated by colonial law as - chattels , the property of their ...
... began his journey to America guilty of nothing more than poverty and hope . Another perception of indentured servants was far more insidious . They came to be viewed as - and treated by colonial law as - chattels , the property of their ...
Table des matières
INTRODUCTION | 11 |
CHAPTER ONE | 21 |
CHAPTER TWO | 33 |
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