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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... months , another 108 boys and twenty - eight girls , aged between eight and sixteen years old , were brought in to join them.2 The following February , they were lined up in Bridewell so that representatives from the Virginia Company ...
... months , another 108 boys and twenty - eight girls , aged between eight and sixteen years old , were brought in to join them.2 The following February , they were lined up in Bridewell so that representatives from the Virginia Company ...
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... months after Coopy's party arrived records four settlers as slain , presumably by Native Americans , one ' gent ' killed by another ' gent ' , one drowning and nine unexplained deaths.3 Coopy survived those first months . He was made an ...
... months after Coopy's party arrived records four settlers as slain , presumably by Native Americans , one ' gent ' killed by another ' gent ' , one drowning and nine unexplained deaths.3 Coopy survived those first months . He was made an ...
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... months later , all but one of the Coopy family were dead . The first laws governing the treatment of servants like Coopy had been agreed four months before his arrival by a group of worthies gathered in the choir of Jamestown's little ...
... months later , all but one of the Coopy family were dead . The first laws governing the treatment of servants like Coopy had been agreed four months before his arrival by a group of worthies gathered in the choir of Jamestown's little ...
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