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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... 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 ...
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... planter . The runaway insisted that he had been held for seven years beyond his indentured term . The neighbour ... planters . They could still buy black servants but they were barred from buying white servants . In 1671 , another ...
... planter . The runaway insisted that he had been held for seven years beyond his indentured term . The neighbour ... planters . They could still buy black servants but they were barred from buying white servants . In 1671 , another ...
Table des matières
INTRODUCTION | 11 |
CHAPTER ONE | 21 |
CHAPTER TWO | 33 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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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