White Cargo: The Forgotten History of Britain's White Slaves in AmericaMainstream, 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 seeing planters playing cards using their servants as gambling counters , and he rebuked them . He told them that not even the Turks treated their own in this way . ' By the end of the 1620s , three out of four people landed in ...
... reported seeing planters playing cards using their servants as gambling counters , and he rebuked them . He told them that not even the Turks treated their own in this way . ' By the end of the 1620s , three out of four people landed in ...
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... ' to the colony . Urgent protestations were made to the King and he agreed to suspend convict shipments . But Virginia's tensions went much deeper and wider . In 1672 , the assembly reported that a ' Negro rebellion 206 WHITE CARGO.
... ' to the colony . Urgent protestations were made to the King and he agreed to suspend convict shipments . But Virginia's tensions went much deeper and wider . In 1672 , the assembly reported that a ' Negro rebellion 206 WHITE CARGO.
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... reported that ' vast numbers ' of convicts perished from smallpox , cholera and gaol fever . He was especially concerned about this form of typhoid and estimated that more convicts died from it each year than the total numbers executed ...
... reported that ' vast numbers ' of convicts perished from smallpox , cholera and gaol fever . He was especially concerned about this form of typhoid and estimated that more convicts died from it each year than the total numbers executed ...
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INTRODUCTION | 11 |
CHAPTER ONE | 21 |
CHAPTER TWO | 33 |
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