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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... gold mines , these expeditions sparked new speculation about gold waiting to be discovered in America . The fantastical stories of ' golden cities ' brought back three decades earlier by that wandering seaman David Ingram had not been ...
... gold mines , these expeditions sparked new speculation about gold waiting to be discovered in America . The fantastical stories of ' golden cities ' brought back three decades earlier by that wandering seaman David Ingram had not been ...
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... gold . The ' discovery of mines was the main intended benefit ' , reported William Strachey , secretary of the Virginia Company who wrote a history of Virginia in 1612.18 Woe betide all if gold wasn't found . According to historian ...
... gold . The ' discovery of mines was the main intended benefit ' , reported William Strachey , secretary of the Virginia Company who wrote a history of Virginia in 1612.18 Woe betide all if gold wasn't found . According to historian ...
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... gold and they remained . It was the same with the colony's backers in London . The company kept the money flowing on the premise that gold and other rich minerals , principally copper , would be found eventually . They thought they had ...
... gold and they remained . It was the same with the colony's backers in London . The company kept the money flowing on the premise that gold and other rich minerals , principally copper , would be found eventually . They thought they had ...
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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