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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... freedom , ' according to one modern historian.13 Freedom for some was not freedom for others . In November 1619 , three months after the burgesses held their first meeting , Sir Edwin took the first step to resume the shipment of street ...
... freedom , ' according to one modern historian.13 Freedom for some was not freedom for others . In November 1619 , three months after the burgesses held their first meeting , Sir Edwin took the first step to resume the shipment of street ...
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... freedom . He becomes a plantation owner and grows critical of how servants are treated . As a woman is taken ill and is carried into a shelter for sick workers , Jack observes : ' I think they should call it the condemned hole , for it ...
... freedom . He becomes a plantation owner and grows critical of how servants are treated . As a woman is taken ill and is carried into a shelter for sick workers , Jack observes : ' I think they should call it the condemned hole , for it ...
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... Freedom ( Watts & Co. , 1952 ) Marshall , H.E. , This Country of Ours : The Story of the United States ( George H. Doran , 1917 ) Martin , James Kirby ( ed . ) , Interpreting Colonial America : Selected Readings ( Harper & Row , 1978 ) ...
... Freedom ( Watts & Co. , 1952 ) Marshall , H.E. , This Country of Ours : The Story of the United States ( George H. Doran , 1917 ) Martin , James Kirby ( ed . ) , Interpreting Colonial America : Selected Readings ( Harper & Row , 1978 ) ...
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INTRODUCTION | 11 |
CHAPTER ONE | 21 |
CHAPTER TWO | 33 |
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