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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... century historian has remarked , ' The troubles of these times cast many an unfortunate Scot ashore in the New World ... centuries , Scotland and England had had a border dispute . The disputed areas were known as the ' debatable lands ...
... century historian has remarked , ' The troubles of these times cast many an unfortunate Scot ashore in the New World ... centuries , Scotland and England had had a border dispute . The disputed areas were known as the ' debatable lands ...
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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 the runaway black slave ; in much of the eighteenth century , the runaway ...
... 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 the runaway black slave ; in much of the eighteenth century , the runaway ...
Table des matières
INTRODUCTION | 11 |
CHAPTER ONE | 21 |
CHAPTER TWO | 33 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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