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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... century planter from Ireland managed to amass an estate of 32,000 acres in Maryland thanks to the numbers of servants he brought over . George Talbot from County Roscommon transported the astonishing number of 640 servants in the space ...
... century planter from Ireland managed to amass an estate of 32,000 acres in Maryland thanks to the numbers of servants he brought over . George Talbot from County Roscommon transported the astonishing number of 640 servants in the space ...
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... century , white outnumbered black in the Chesapeake by more than twenty to one . By the last quarter of the century , the ratio had narrowed to three to one , with 2,000 black slaves in Virginia and 6,000 white servants . By the end of ...
... century , white outnumbered black in the Chesapeake by more than twenty to one . By the last quarter of the century , the ratio had narrowed to three to one , with 2,000 black slaves in Virginia and 6,000 white servants . By the end of ...
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... century servant . It is the hundreds of runaway ads placed in the colonial press by masters hunting escaped servants . In the nineteenth century , the quarry was was the runaway black slave ; in much of the eighteenth century , the ...
... century servant . It is the hundreds of runaway ads placed in the colonial press by masters hunting escaped servants . In the nineteenth century , the quarry was was the runaway black slave ; in much of the eighteenth century , the ...
Table des matières
INTRODUCTION | 11 |
CHAPTER ONE | 21 |
CHAPTER TWO | 33 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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| Titre | White Cargo: The Forgotten History of Britain's White Slaves in America |
| Auteurs | Don Jordan, Michael Walsh |
| Édition | illustrée |
| Éditeur | Mainstream, 2007 |
| ISBN | 1845961951, 9781845961954 |
| Longueur | 320 pages |
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