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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... colony ( a mere nine million acres ) , right down to street layouts and the number of churches . In retrospect , the most significant part of his plan was the suggestion of where to find the colony's manpower . He proposed transporting ...
... colony ( a mere nine million acres ) , right down to street layouts and the number of churches . In retrospect , the most significant part of his plan was the suggestion of where to find the colony's manpower . He proposed transporting ...
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... colony they planned would be known by everyone - and by history , too - as the Popham colony . Sir Ferdinando , it seems , contented himself with dreaming of his profits . One of his early biographers , the one - time Governor of ...
... colony they planned would be known by everyone - and by history , too - as the Popham colony . Sir Ferdinando , it seems , contented himself with dreaming of his profits . One of his early biographers , the one - time Governor of ...
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... colony ' soon ended . After less than a year and a terrible winter , George Popham died , believing he had established a permanent foothold in the New World and would go down in history . ' I die content , ' he wrote . ' My name will ...
... colony ' soon ended . After less than a year and a terrible winter , George Popham died , believing he had established a permanent foothold in the New World and would go down in history . ' I die content , ' he wrote . ' My name will ...
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INTRODUCTION | 11 |
CHAPTER ONE | 21 |
CHAPTER TWO | 33 |
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