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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... returned with fantastical tales of native women wearing ' plates of gold like armour ' , men decorated with ' pearls as big as one's thumb ' and houses ' upheld by pillars of gold , silver , and crystal ' . If gold there was , Gilbert ...
... returned with fantastical tales of native women wearing ' plates of gold like armour ' , men decorated with ' pearls as big as one's thumb ' and houses ' upheld by pillars of gold , silver , and crystal ' . If gold there was , Gilbert ...
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... returned home without even crossing the Atlantic . Undeterred , Gilbert tried again in 1583. Without Raleigh this time , he followed in the track of the fishing fleets to the Grand Banks and made landfall at the bleak fishing outpost of ...
... returned home without even crossing the Atlantic . Undeterred , Gilbert tried again in 1583. Without Raleigh this time , he followed in the track of the fishing fleets to the Grand Banks and made landfall at the bleak fishing outpost of ...
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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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INTRODUCTION | 11 |
CHAPTER ONE | 21 |
CHAPTER TWO | 33 |
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