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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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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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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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