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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... poor and the lawless , a perception of insecurity still all too recognisable today . In the course of a few ... poor roamed the countryside and cluttered the towns . In 1570 , 2,000 beggars were reported in Coventry alone . A crowd ...
... poor and the lawless , a perception of insecurity still all too recognisable today . In the course of a few ... poor roamed the countryside and cluttered the towns . In 1570 , 2,000 beggars were reported in Coventry alone . A crowd ...
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... poor that raged during the 1590s . The decade had started with record harvests but England was soon hit by the ... poor . A baker was appointed in every ward to bake ' three seams of bread ' a day to give to the hungry ...
... poor that raged during the 1590s . The decade had started with record harvests but England was soon hit by the ... poor . A baker was appointed in every ward to bake ' three seams of bread ' a day to give to the hungry ...
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... poor . Two of those promoting the Virginia Company , Robert Johnson and Robert Gray , put the case for relocation , using the arguments about an England drowning in vagrants . Johnson warned that unless the ' swarms of idle persons ...
... poor . Two of those promoting the Virginia Company , Robert Johnson and Robert Gray , put the case for relocation , using the arguments about an England drowning in vagrants . Johnson warned that unless the ' swarms of idle persons ...
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