White Cargo: The Forgotten History of Britain's White Slaves in America"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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Plans were drawn up to disperse the remaining prisoners among the colonies in Ireland , Virginia and Barbados . How many were in fact sent is unknown , for a series of calamities were to overwhelm both plans and the prisoners .
Plans were drawn up to disperse the remaining prisoners among the colonies in Ireland , Virginia and Barbados . How many were in fact sent is unknown , for a series of calamities were to overwhelm both plans and the prisoners .
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The prisons had to accommodate almost 1,000 extra inmates a year who would formerly have been transported . ... There were prisoners in windowless cells taking turns to breathe at tiny ventilation holes ; prisoners in medieval dungeons ...
The prisons had to accommodate almost 1,000 extra inmates a year who would formerly have been transported . ... There were prisoners in windowless cells taking turns to breathe at tiny ventilation holes ; prisoners in medieval dungeons ...
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As soon as war began , hulks also became Britain's chosen solution to the problem of housing prisoners of war in America . Decommissioned ships moored in the British navy base in New York's Wallabout Bay held thousands of American ...
As soon as war began , hulks also became Britain's chosen solution to the problem of housing prisoners of war in America . Decommissioned ships moored in the British navy base in New York's Wallabout Bay held thousands of American ...
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WHITE CARGO: The Forgotten History of Britain's White Slaves in America
Avis d'utilisateur - KirkusTwo British journalists unravel a significant history of indentured servitude in the New World.Before the 18th century, when Southern tobacco grandees and West Indian sugar planters imported Africans ... Consulter l'avis complet
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Avis d'utilisateur - Sarah Fournier - GoodreadsRead selected chapters for research on a history paper. His writing is very emotional (if thats the right word). He is trying to make indentured servitude look horrible on the same scale as black slavery almost and his language gets the point across. Very persuasive. Consulter l'avis complet
Table des matières
INTRODUCTION | 11 |
CHAPTER ONE | 21 |
CHAPTER TWO | 33 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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Informations bibliographiques
| Titre | White Cargo: The Forgotten History of Britain's White Slaves in America |
| Auteurs | Don Jordan, Michael Walsh |
| Édition | illustrée |
| Éditeur | Mainstream Pub., 2007 |
| ISBN | 1845961951, 9781845961954 |
| Longueur | 320 pages |
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