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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... seems , was to use simple building techniques demanding mainly muscle and sweat . George Popham was in charge . He was said to be ' timorously fearful to offend ' his peers but not , one would suspect , the gangs of men toiling on the ...
... seems , was to use simple building techniques demanding mainly muscle and sweat . George Popham was in charge . He was said to be ' timorously fearful to offend ' his peers but not , one would suspect , the gangs of men toiling on the ...
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... seems to have succeeded . No lives appear to have been lost en route . Nor were there any fatalities or attacks by the Algonquin after the party reached the Chesapeake and found their designated tract of forest . Today , the spot houses ...
... seems to have succeeded . No lives appear to have been lost en route . Nor were there any fatalities or attacks by the Algonquin after the party reached the Chesapeake and found their designated tract of forest . Today , the spot houses ...
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... Conditions became intolerable , with disease carrying off some of the younger and weaker migrants . The agreement with Hunter seems to have been thrashed out during these dreadful weeks . As far as the Governor was 218 WHITE CARGO.
... Conditions became intolerable , with disease carrying off some of the younger and weaker migrants . The agreement with Hunter seems to have been thrashed out during these dreadful weeks . As far as the Governor was 218 WHITE CARGO.
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INTRODUCTION | 11 |
CHAPTER ONE | 21 |
CHAPTER TWO | 33 |
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