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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... person that ' hath a trade or a body able to endure days labour ' was promised 100 acres of land at the end of seven ... persons ' were found foreign employment , they would ' infect one another with vice and villainy worse than the ...
... person that ' hath a trade or a body able to endure days labour ' was promised 100 acres of land at the end of seven ... persons ' were found foreign employment , they would ' infect one another with vice and villainy worse than the ...
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... person act as attorney for any servant hereafter except such as the court shall appoint.15 Planter - dominated courts made the following kinds of rulings : • They backed the most successful planter of them all , Richard ' King ' Carter ...
... person act as attorney for any servant hereafter except such as the court shall appoint.15 Planter - dominated courts made the following kinds of rulings : • They backed the most successful planter of them all , Richard ' King ' Carter ...
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... person of ten years of age or more , their lord received a payment of three florins or a ducat . In Philadelphia , the merchants could make sixty , seventy or eighty florins for each person , in proportion to the passenger's debts ...
... person of ten years of age or more , their lord received a payment of three florins or a ducat . In Philadelphia , the merchants could make sixty , seventy or eighty florins for each person , in proportion to the passenger's debts ...
Table des matières
INTRODUCTION | 11 |
CHAPTER ONE | 21 |
CHAPTER TWO | 33 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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Informations bibliographiques
| 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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