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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... planter , the USA's third president concluded that it was a ' crop that wears out men and land'.5 - In 1622 , as the planters struggled to recover from the massacre , they were advised how best to man their fields for maximum financial ...
... planter , the USA's third president concluded that it was a ' crop that wears out men and land'.5 - In 1622 , as the planters struggled to recover from the massacre , they were advised how best to man their fields for maximum financial ...
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... planters was that the judges , or commissioners , were invariably planters themselves . Among Virginia commissioners in the 1660s was a planter whose mistreatment of his servants was a byword . Such men , sitting in judgment , had no ...
... planters was that the judges , or commissioners , were invariably planters themselves . Among Virginia commissioners in the 1660s was a planter whose mistreatment of his servants was a byword . Such men , sitting in judgment , had no ...
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... planters ' expense claims were staggering , including such items as the planter hiring his own horse to himself . At the end of it , someone who had tasted perhaps a few months of freedom faced years of extra slavery . - This harshness ...
... planters ' expense claims were staggering , including such items as the planter hiring his own horse to himself . At the end of it , someone who had tasted perhaps a few months of freedom faced years of extra slavery . - This harshness ...
Table des matières
INTRODUCTION | 11 |
CHAPTER ONE | 21 |
CHAPTER TWO | 33 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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| 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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