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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... persons , and the children of idle persons , and employ them : and truly , if the whole country were but such a Bridewell , to force idle persons to work , it had a good use . But it is already , not only a spleen , to drain the ill ...
... persons , and the children of idle persons , and employ them : and truly , if the whole country were but such a Bridewell , to force idle persons to work , it had a good use . But it is already , not only a spleen , to drain the ill ...
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... person or persons with intent to sell or transport them into ports beyond the sea ' - an offence punishable by death . None of it 12 made much difference . The kidnappers continued to thrive 134 WHITE CARGO.
... person or persons with intent to sell or transport them into ports beyond the sea ' - an offence punishable by death . None of it 12 made much difference . The kidnappers continued to thrive 134 WHITE CARGO.
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... persons ' . The good Provost was acting for a group of merchants who stood to make a profit from the transportation of human cargo to the colonies . A few months later , one of those merchants , Walter Gibson - the same man who had ...
... persons ' . The good Provost was acting for a group of merchants who stood to make a profit from the transportation of human cargo to the colonies . A few months later , one of those merchants , Walter Gibson - the same man who had ...
Table des matières
INTRODUCTION | 11 |
CHAPTER ONE | 21 |
CHAPTER TWO | 33 |
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