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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... four years before leaving London . The court found he had no documentary proof and made him serve the seven years . • They turned down the appeal for freedom by Francis and Thomas Brooke , who served an agreed term of four years only to ...
... four years before leaving London . The court found he had no documentary proof and made him serve the seven years . • They turned down the appeal for freedom by Francis and Thomas Brooke , who served an agreed term of four years only to ...
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... four years and get a suit of clothes , linen , socks and shoes , two hoes , one axe , three barrels of corn and that treasured fifty acres of land . Alas , this seems to have made little material difference . A study of the 5,000 ...
... four years and get a suit of clothes , linen , socks and shoes , two hoes , one axe , three barrels of corn and that treasured fifty acres of land . Alas , this seems to have made little material difference . A study of the 5,000 ...
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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 ...
Table des matières
INTRODUCTION | 11 |
CHAPTER ONE | 21 |
CHAPTER TWO | 33 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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