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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... officials first sold children and convicts prior to 1620. By 1623 , servants were appearing in documents as assets . Although legislation did not officially establish them as ' real estate ' as would happen with Africans at the ...
... officials first sold children and convicts prior to 1620. By 1623 , servants were appearing in documents as assets . Although legislation did not officially establish them as ' real estate ' as would happen with Africans at the ...
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... officials were instructed to search all vessels ' in the river and at the Downs for such children ' . " 1 A year later ... official sanctions against spirits but it failed to act . In 1664 , a plan was put forward to have every emigrant ...
... officials were instructed to search all vessels ' in the river and at the Downs for such children ' . " 1 A year later ... official sanctions against spirits but it failed to act . In 1664 , a plan was put forward to have every emigrant ...
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... officially discouraged at home . They found support and a welcome in colonies such as Delaware and Pennsylvania . This was particularly the case after the Restoration of the English Crown in 1660 , when the official view on dissenting ...
... officially discouraged at home . They found support and a welcome in colonies such as Delaware and Pennsylvania . This was particularly the case after the Restoration of the English Crown in 1660 , when the official view on dissenting ...
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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