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 ' is well known : the fateful selection of the mosquito - ridden island of Roanoke as a site ; Raleigh's celebrated naming of the colony Virginia ... colony who had returned to Britain before the colonists vanished 28 WHITE CARGO.
... colony ' is well known : the fateful selection of the mosquito - ridden island of Roanoke as a site ; Raleigh's celebrated naming of the colony Virginia ... colony who had returned to Britain before the colonists vanished 28 WHITE CARGO.
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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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... colony with as much liberality as was needed and so the people have suffered much want , living on miserable rations ... colony Virginia is in such bad repute that not a human being can be found to go there in any way whatever.'27 What ...
... colony with as much liberality as was needed and so the people have suffered much want , living on miserable rations ... colony Virginia is in such bad repute that not a human being can be found to go there in any way whatever.'27 What ...
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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