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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... reported in Coventry alone . A crowd of 20,000 poor people gathered at the funeral of one rich magnate , begging for alms . In London , between 1560 and 1601 , there was an eightfold increase in the number of vagrants ending up in the ...
... reported in Coventry alone . A crowd of 20,000 poor people gathered at the funeral of one rich magnate , begging for alms . In London , between 1560 and 1601 , there was an eightfold increase in the number of vagrants ending up in the ...
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... laid the emphasis not on the riches to be had in America but on England's desperate need for a dumping ground for criminals . Coke reported their conversation : My Lord Chief Justice , foreseeing in the experience of 40 WHITE CARGO.
... laid the emphasis not on the riches to be had in America but on England's desperate need for a dumping ground for criminals . Coke reported their conversation : My Lord Chief Justice , foreseeing in the experience of 40 WHITE CARGO.
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... reported jubilantly that 200 later died . Opechancanough evidently did not drink , for he escaped . However , two of his chiefs were among fifty more shot down later that day in an English ambush . The women remained hostages ; freeing ...
... reported jubilantly that 200 later died . Opechancanough evidently did not drink , for he escaped . However , two of his chiefs were among fifty more shot down later that day in an English ambush . The women remained hostages ; freeing ...
Table des matières
INTRODUCTION | 11 |
CHAPTER ONE | 21 |
CHAPTER TWO | 33 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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