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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... rebellion as the first stirrings of American independence . There were numerous uprisings and small - scale rebellions in England's American colonies before the final break with Britain but none as serious as that led by Bacon in 1676 ...
... rebellion as the first stirrings of American independence . There were numerous uprisings and small - scale rebellions in England's American colonies before the final break with Britain but none as serious as that led by Bacon in 1676 ...
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... rebellion . Bacon insisted on raising a force under his own control to wage war on the Native Americans , at which the Governor once more ordered his arrest . Bacon's class rhetoric increased . He published a Declaration of the People ...
... rebellion . Bacon insisted on raising a force under his own control to wage war on the Native Americans , at which the Governor once more ordered his arrest . Bacon's class rhetoric increased . He published a Declaration of the People ...
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... rebellion . Between 880 and 890 bond labourers of every race fled Virginia . Most were soon recaptured and returned in chains . Others succeeded in getting away and created the maroon communities of the Cumberland Plateau . The Royal ...
... rebellion . Between 880 and 890 bond labourers of every race fled Virginia . Most were soon recaptured and returned in chains . Others succeeded in getting away and created the maroon communities of the Cumberland Plateau . The Royal ...
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INTRODUCTION | 11 |
CHAPTER ONE | 21 |
CHAPTER TWO | 33 |
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