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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... boys and a girl and lodged them in Bridewell . They were told that they had been judged ' vagrants ' and by court order were being ' held for Virginia ' . Over the next six months , another 108 boys and twenty - eight girls , aged ...
... boys and a girl and lodged them in Bridewell . They were told that they had been judged ' vagrants ' and by court order were being ' held for Virginia ' . Over the next six months , another 108 boys and twenty - eight girls , aged ...
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... boys and girls that [ had ] been starving in the streets . . . is one of the best deeds that could be done ' . ? However , it would turn out that few if any of these cockney apprentices would learn ' the mystery ' of smithying or baking ...
... boys and girls that [ had ] been starving in the streets . . . is one of the best deeds that could be done ' . ? However , it would turn out that few if any of these cockney apprentices would learn ' the mystery ' of smithying or baking ...
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... boys were brought into Bridewell . A week later , on New Year's Eve , a further thirty - four were delivered from the City and twenty - five from different parts of Middlesex . Others followed in dribs and drabs . Bridewell records tell ...
... boys were brought into Bridewell . A week later , on New Year's Eve , a further thirty - four were delivered from the City and twenty - five from different parts of Middlesex . Others followed in dribs and drabs . Bridewell records tell ...
Table des matières
INTRODUCTION | 11 |
CHAPTER ONE | 21 |
CHAPTER TWO | 33 |
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