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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... merchants that servants were being stolen en route to America . One merchant , Joseph Sanders , alleged that eighty - three of his servants were stolen by the captain of the ship transporting them after the man appointed as Sanders's ...
... merchants that servants were being stolen en route to America . One merchant , Joseph Sanders , alleged that eighty - three of his servants were stolen by the captain of the ship transporting them after the man appointed as Sanders's ...
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... merchants to carry off 250 women and 300 men from ports along Ireland's southern and south - eastern coast . The contracted merchants , Leader and Selleck ( the latter a merchant who was particularly prominent 147 FOREIGNERS IN THEIR OWN ...
... merchants to carry off 250 women and 300 men from ports along Ireland's southern and south - eastern coast . The contracted merchants , Leader and Selleck ( the latter a merchant who was particularly prominent 147 FOREIGNERS IN THEIR OWN ...
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... merchants were reluctant to take them because few fetched a good enough price on the American servant market . ' As a result , the numbers of transported villains dwindled . In the years immediately after the war ended , judges at ...
... merchants were reluctant to take them because few fetched a good enough price on the American servant market . ' As a result , the numbers of transported villains dwindled . In the years immediately after the war ended , judges at ...
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INTRODUCTION | 11 |
CHAPTER ONE | 21 |
CHAPTER TWO | 33 |
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