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 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 ...
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... Court of Massachusetts to consider proposals for the public benefit : This Court , considering the cruel and malignant spirit that has from time to time been manifest in the Irish nation against the English nation , do hereby declare ...
... Court of Massachusetts to consider proposals for the public benefit : This Court , considering the cruel and malignant spirit that has from time to time been manifest in the Irish nation against the English nation , do hereby declare ...
Table des matières
INTRODUCTION | 11 |
CHAPTER ONE | 21 |
CHAPTER TWO | 33 |
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acres Africans Algonquin America Annesley arrived Barbados became began Berkeley Hundred black slaves bondage boys Bradnox Bridewell British Captain Carolina CHAPTER Charles Charles Keeling Chesapeake Christopher claimed colonists colony convicts Coopy court death died Elizabeth emigrants England English enslaved felons followed forced free-willers freedom gaols George Gilbert gold Governor headright headright system History Humphrey Gilbert hundred indentured servants Ireland Irish island James Jamestown kidnapped King labour land later lives London Lord Maryland master merchants Mittelberger months murder Native Americans Negroes numbers Palatines Pennsylvania plantation planters poor Popham Popham colony prisoners Privy Council punishment Queen Raleigh rebellion rebels records reported returned Richard River Robert runaway sailed Scotland Scots sell sent servitude settlement settlers seventeenth century ship Sir Edwin Sandys Sir Thomas Smythe slavery Smith sold Spanish spirit story sugar tobacco took trade transportation Virginia Company voyage whipping white servants William Williamson women wrote young