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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... period when Jefferson was writing were not , as he would have it , ' one- thousandth part of the whole inhabitants ' but in reality the much more significant one in a hundred . However , there continued to be those who denied that large ...
... period when Jefferson was writing were not , as he would have it , ' one- thousandth part of the whole inhabitants ' but in reality the much more significant one in a hundred . However , there continued to be those who denied that large ...
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... period from £ 288 to £ 218 . From these figures we can see that the economy of the sugar industry on Barbados in the ... periods of indenture then operating . On a wage of £ 15 or so per annum , a thrifty labourer could perhaps ...
... period from £ 288 to £ 218 . From these figures we can see that the economy of the sugar industry on Barbados in the ... periods of indenture then operating . On a wage of £ 15 or so per annum , a thrifty labourer could perhaps ...
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... period of time to pay off the cost of a sea crossing ; the circumstances they encountered in the labour market forced them into giving a substantial period of their productive life to another for free . In his ground - breaking book on ...
... period of time to pay off the cost of a sea crossing ; the circumstances they encountered in the labour market forced them into giving a substantial period of their productive life to another for free . In his ground - breaking book on ...
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