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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... returned with sensational reports that rhapsodised over the natural riches of the New World : The soil is fat and ... returning with intriguing samples of plant and animal life and five captured Native Americans all London wanted ...
... returned with sensational reports that rhapsodised over the natural riches of the New World : The soil is fat and ... returning with intriguing samples of plant and animal life and five captured Native Americans all London wanted ...
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... returned from England packed with provisions and with news : Gilbert's brother , Sir John Gilbert , was dead . Raleigh was heir to his estate and title . It must have been a bombshell for the youngest of seven children , forced to seek ...
... returned from England packed with provisions and with news : Gilbert's brother , Sir John Gilbert , was dead . Raleigh was heir to his estate and title . It must have been a bombshell for the youngest of seven children , forced to seek ...
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... returned as ' refuse ' . Some buyers became so indignant at discovering disease or infirmity that they went to court to get their money back . One forced a merchant who had sold him a young woman who turned out to have ' the pox ' to ...
... returned as ' refuse ' . Some buyers became so indignant at discovering disease or infirmity that they went to court to get their money back . One forced a merchant who had sold him a young woman who turned out to have ' the pox ' to ...
Table des matières
INTRODUCTION | 11 |
CHAPTER ONE | 21 |
CHAPTER TWO | 33 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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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