White Cargo: The Forgotten History of Britain's White Slaves in AmericaMainstream, 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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... four months . To the shipper , far and away the most profitable servants were those who postponed indenturing till they landed in America . The arrangement was for the captain to indenture and sell them on the basis of the cost of the ...
... four months . To the shipper , far and away the most profitable servants were those who postponed indenturing till they landed in America . The arrangement was for the captain to indenture and sell them on the basis of the cost of the ...
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... four years or £ 288 over five years . All this profit could be gained because of the servant's want of £ 6 or so for ... four- or five - year period of indenture , total wages would amount to no more than £ 60 to £ 75 . In such a case ...
... four years or £ 288 over five years . All this profit could be gained because of the servant's want of £ 6 or so for ... four- or five - year period of indenture , total wages would amount to no more than £ 60 to £ 75 . In such a case ...
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... four judges , the Lord Mayor of London , four counsel , the under- sheriff and forty jurors . Numerous outbreaks and suspected outbreaks occurred in America following convict shipments . They culminated in July 1767 , when the fever ...
... four judges , the Lord Mayor of London , four counsel , the under- sheriff and forty jurors . Numerous outbreaks and suspected outbreaks occurred in America following convict shipments . They culminated in July 1767 , when the fever ...
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INTRODUCTION | 11 |
CHAPTER ONE | 21 |
CHAPTER TWO | 33 |
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