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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... land , leaving Popham's tenants no choice but to return home . A few decades later , a not dissimilar scheme called the headright system would be introduced in America and the wealthy would become still richer by obtaining grants of land ...
... land , leaving Popham's tenants no choice but to return home . A few decades later , a not dissimilar scheme called the headright system would be introduced in America and the wealthy would become still richer by obtaining grants of land ...
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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 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 ...
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INTRODUCTION | 11 |
CHAPTER ONE | 21 |
CHAPTER TWO | 33 |
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