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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... described as savages , so making their murder and displacement appear all the more justified . The colonisation of Ireland provided experience and drive for experiments further afield , not to mention large numbers of workers , coerced ...
... described as savages , so making their murder and displacement appear all the more justified . The colonisation of Ireland provided experience and drive for experiments further afield , not to mention large numbers of workers , coerced ...
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... described Gorges as wanting a colony run on feudal lines in which he ' expected to enjoy the profits at his ease without crossing the Atlantic ... his expectations were very great'.17 The Gift of God arrived at the mouth of the Kennebec ...
... described Gorges as wanting a colony run on feudal lines in which he ' expected to enjoy the profits at his ease without crossing the Atlantic ... his expectations were very great'.17 The Gift of God arrived at the mouth of the Kennebec ...
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... described them as peopled by ' rogues , whores , dissolute and rooking persons ' . Virginia and Maryland were the product of jails emptied , youth seduced , infamous women drilled in ' . In 1670 , Governor William Berkeley described ...
... described them as peopled by ' rogues , whores , dissolute and rooking persons ' . Virginia and Maryland were the product of jails emptied , youth seduced , infamous women drilled in ' . In 1670 , Governor William Berkeley described ...
Table des matières
INTRODUCTION | 11 |
CHAPTER ONE | 21 |
CHAPTER TWO | 33 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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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