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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... colonists during the war with Spain ; the colonists ' unexplained disappearance and the futile expeditions launched by Raleigh in later years to try to find his lost people . - Queen Elizabeth's beneficence had made Raleigh wealthy : he ...
... colonists during the war with Spain ; the colonists ' unexplained disappearance and the futile expeditions launched by Raleigh in later years to try to find his lost people . - Queen Elizabeth's beneficence had made Raleigh wealthy : he ...
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... colonists should . . . remain as banished men in Virginia ” .19 Convicts probably weren't employed on the search but ... colonists ' behaviour was to blame . After one incident when four tribesmen were dragged by their hair aboard the ...
... colonists should . . . remain as banished men in Virginia ” .19 Convicts probably weren't employed on the search but ... colonists ' behaviour was to blame . After one incident when four tribesmen were dragged by their hair aboard the ...
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... colonists were busy clearing the ground and were so oblivious to danger that firearms had not even been distributed . When the attack came , it was claimed that 200 or more tribesmen were involved . As the Algonquin charged out of ...
... colonists were busy clearing the ground and were so oblivious to danger that firearms had not even been distributed . When the attack came , it was claimed that 200 or more tribesmen were involved . As the Algonquin charged out of ...
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INTRODUCTION | 11 |
CHAPTER ONE | 21 |
CHAPTER TWO | 33 |
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