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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... 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'.8 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'.8 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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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