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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... official complains that a few of the women were ' out of Bridewell ' and ' of so bad choice as made the colony afraid to desire any others'.13 What should have been more disturbing for Sir Edwyn was a mounting tide of complaints from ...
... official complains that a few of the women were ' out of Bridewell ' and ' of so bad choice as made the colony afraid to desire any others'.13 What should have been more disturbing for Sir Edwyn was a mounting tide of complaints from ...
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... officials were instructed to search all vessels ' in the river and at the Downs for such children ' . " 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 ' . " 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 |
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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