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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... death . ' Thieves faced a more protracted death . They were bound to trees and left there to suffer the attentions of a roaming bear or to starve . Similar treatment was meted out to anyone infringing the religious requirements . One ...
... death . ' Thieves faced a more protracted death . They were bound to trees and left there to suffer the attentions of a roaming bear or to starve . Similar treatment was meted out to anyone infringing the religious requirements . One ...
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... death itself " . To some , transportation did appear from the start to be worse than death . The Spanish Ambassador to London reported home that two prisoners destined for transportation to Virginia had - like the convicts left on an ...
... death itself " . To some , transportation did appear from the start to be worse than death . The Spanish Ambassador to London reported home that two prisoners destined for transportation to Virginia had - like the convicts left on an ...
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... death rate seems to have been lower than most . A list of settlers drawn up just nine months after Coopy's party ... deaths.3 Coopy survived those first months . He was made an ' assistant ' , an overseer , and was obviously a ...
... death rate seems to have been lower than most . A list of settlers drawn up just nine months after Coopy's party ... deaths.3 Coopy survived those first months . He was made an ' assistant ' , an overseer , and was obviously a ...
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