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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... sailed out of Lough Swilly and into exile in Europe . The ' flight of the earls ' was the signal the English had been waiting for . Ulster had long been a thorn in England's side , with home - grown opposition providing a possible ...
... sailed out of Lough Swilly and into exile in Europe . The ' flight of the earls ' was the signal the English had been waiting for . Ulster had long been a thorn in England's side , with home - grown opposition providing a possible ...
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... sailed for the colonies , just as so many youngsters had done before . The story of his American adventures was originally published in The Gentleman's Magazine and has since been rehearsed by more modern writers . It seems that the ...
... sailed for the colonies , just as so many youngsters had done before . The story of his American adventures was originally published in The Gentleman's Magazine and has since been rehearsed by more modern writers . It seems that the ...
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... sailed again , carrying about a hundred convicts . News of her departure was reported in the Maryland Gazette , putting her destination as Nova Scotia . The plot was evidently holding and on Christmas Eve the Swift and her convicts sailed ...
... sailed again , carrying about a hundred convicts . News of her departure was reported in the Maryland Gazette , putting her destination as Nova Scotia . The plot was evidently holding and on Christmas Eve the Swift and her convicts sailed ...
Table des matières
INTRODUCTION | 11 |
CHAPTER ONE | 21 |
CHAPTER TWO | 33 |
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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