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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... land went to whoever paid the settler's passage . News of the scheme led to a frantic scramble amongst speculators ... land was promised but few would ever own an inch of soil . Such terms were terrible but in an England where enclosures ...
... land went to whoever paid the settler's passage . News of the scheme led to a frantic scramble amongst speculators ... land was promised but few would ever own an inch of soil . Such terms were terrible but in an England where enclosures ...
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... land . Alas , this seems to have made little material difference . A study of the 5,000 indentured servants entering the colony from 1670-80 reveals that fewer than 1,300 proved their rights to freedom dues in land and just 241 ever ...
... land . Alas , this seems to have made little material difference . A study of the 5,000 indentured servants entering the colony from 1670-80 reveals that fewer than 1,300 proved their rights to freedom dues in land and just 241 ever ...
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... land confiscated to enable Protestants to resettle the island . The Irish would become outlaws in their own land and their former property would be sold off at below - market prices to pay for the military operation that would have ...
... land confiscated to enable Protestants to resettle the island . The Irish would become outlaws in their own land and their former property would be sold off at below - market prices to pay for the military operation that would have ...
Table des matières
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