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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... brought in . Men like William Tucker , who led the planters ' reprisal attacks on the Powhatans after the 1622 massacre . In his will , drawn up two decades later , Tucker revealed that he had purchased at least 180 servants : I have ...
... brought in . Men like William Tucker , who led the planters ' reprisal attacks on the Powhatans after the 1622 massacre . In his will , drawn up two decades later , Tucker revealed that he had purchased at least 180 servants : I have ...
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... brought disobedience and heresy and sects into the world , and printing has divulged them and libels against the best of government . God keep us from both.3 He was a planter himself , with two sizeable plantations . On one he built a ...
... brought disobedience and heresy and sects into the world , and printing has divulged them and libels against the best of government . God keep us from both.3 He was a planter himself , with two sizeable plantations . On one he built a ...
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... brought from Newgate climbed aboard the Justitia in August 1776. A year later , Campbell was commissioned to operate a second hulk at Woolwich and later a third there , the Censor . He would also be contracted to operate hulks in ...
... brought from Newgate climbed aboard the Justitia in August 1776. A year later , Campbell was commissioned to operate a second hulk at Woolwich and later a third there , the Censor . He would also be contracted to operate hulks in ...
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INTRODUCTION | 11 |
CHAPTER ONE | 21 |
CHAPTER TWO | 33 |
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