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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... merchant was wealthier or headed more monopolies than Sir Thomas Smythe . Yet from 1609 Smythe allowed Sandys , the merchants ' enemy , into the inner councils of the Virginia Company to take a prominent role . The Virginia Company ...
... merchant was wealthier or headed more monopolies than Sir Thomas Smythe . Yet from 1609 Smythe allowed Sandys , the merchants ' enemy , into the inner councils of the Virginia Company to take a prominent role . The Virginia Company ...
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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 who took them by violence from their parents [ and ] if a child was missing , it was immediately suspected that he was kidnapped by the Aberdeen merchants . * The picture Williamson paints appears extreme but at the time ...
... merchants who took them by violence from their parents [ and ] if a child was missing , it was immediately suspected that he was kidnapped by the Aberdeen merchants . * The picture Williamson paints appears extreme but at the time ...
Table des matières
INTRODUCTION | 11 |
CHAPTER ONE | 21 |
CHAPTER TWO | 33 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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| Titre | White Cargo: The Forgotten History of Britain's White Slaves in America |
| Auteurs | Don Jordan, Michael Walsh |
| Édition | illustrée |
| Éditeur | Mainstream, 2007 |
| ISBN | 1845961951, 9781845961954 |
| Longueur | 320 pages |
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