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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... Ireland was where court favourite the Earl of Essex ended his career in bloodshed and failure despite the assistance of the ruthless Francis Drake . What happened in Ireland over several centuries had a direct bearing on how the first ...
... Ireland was where court favourite the Earl of Essex ended his career in bloodshed and failure despite the assistance of the ruthless Francis Drake . What happened in Ireland over several centuries had a direct bearing on how the first ...
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... Ireland was there to be sailed past or around . Ships stopped on the way for supplies and Ireland became an important point on the route to the west . It was natural that Irish men and women would get swept up in the great colonial ...
... Ireland was there to be sailed past or around . Ships stopped on the way for supplies and Ireland became an important point on the route to the west . It was natural that Irish men and women would get swept up in the great colonial ...
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... Ireland but under Elizabeth I the desire to impose some uniformity of religion upon Ireland became much more strident . By the middle of the 1600s , Irish Catholics - the vast majority of the people - found themselves subject to an ...
... Ireland but under Elizabeth I the desire to impose some uniformity of religion upon Ireland became much more strident . By the middle of the 1600s , Irish Catholics - the vast majority of the people - found themselves subject to an ...
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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