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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... court . Various explanations have been offered as to the nature of these youths , among them being that they were young jobless men who made a practice of trailing round after the royal retinue , or that they were simply hoodlums or ...
... court . Various explanations have been offered as to the nature of these youths , among them being that they were young jobless men who made a practice of trailing round after the royal retinue , or that they were simply hoodlums or ...
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... court shall appoint.15 Planter - dominated courts made the following kinds of rulings : • They backed the most successful planter of them all , Richard ' King ' Carter and his brother Edward when they refused to free nine servants at ...
... court shall appoint.15 Planter - dominated courts made the following kinds of rulings : • They backed the most successful planter of them all , Richard ' King ' Carter and his brother Edward when they refused to free nine servants at ...
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... court . In 1684 , a male and a female spirit who had kidnapped a sixteen - year - old girl were fined the derisory sum of twelve pence . Such fines reflected both how the courts viewed kidnapping in general and also that magistrates and ...
... court . In 1684 , a male and a female spirit who had kidnapped a sixteen - year - old girl were fined the derisory sum of twelve pence . Such fines reflected both how the courts viewed kidnapping in general and also that magistrates and ...
Table des matières
INTRODUCTION | 11 |
CHAPTER ONE | 21 |
CHAPTER TWO | 33 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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