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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... forced migrants from the mother country were those , such as vagrants and petty criminals , whom England's rulers wished to be rid of . The legal ground was prepared for their relocation by a highwayman turned Lord Chief Justice who ...
... forced migrants from the mother country were those , such as vagrants and petty criminals , whom England's rulers wished to be rid of . The legal ground was prepared for their relocation by a highwayman turned Lord Chief Justice who ...
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... forced to come back the next day to apologise . Early in 1615 , the Privy Council finally reached a decision on convicts . Francis Bacon's faction lost : convicts would be transported to the New World . In presenting the decision , the ...
... forced to come back the next day to apologise . Early in 1615 , the Privy Council finally reached a decision on convicts . Francis Bacon's faction lost : convicts would be transported to the New World . In presenting the decision , the ...
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... forced them into giving a substantial period of their productive life to another for free . In his ground - breaking book on slavery , Eric Williams pointed to the many differing types of servitude and bondage , being careful to make ...
... forced them into giving a substantial period of their productive life to another for free . In his ground - breaking book on slavery , Eric Williams pointed to the many differing types of servitude and bondage , being careful to make ...
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