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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... sent out men who were ' pressed to that enterprise endangered by the law ' , wrote the Earl of Stirling , a confidant of Gorges and later a colonist himself . " The image lingers in the mind's eye of the hatchet - faced Popham handing ...
... sent out men who were ' pressed to that enterprise endangered by the law ' , wrote the Earl of Stirling , a confidant of Gorges and later a colonist himself . " The image lingers in the mind's eye of the hatchet - faced Popham handing ...
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... sent over more colonists , there began to show , up and down the James though at far intervals , cabins and clearings made by white men , set about with a stockade , and at the river edge a rude landing and a fastened boat . The ...
... sent over more colonists , there began to show , up and down the James though at far intervals , cabins and clearings made by white men , set about with a stockade , and at the river edge a rude landing and a fastened boat . The ...
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... sent to South Carolina , things were not so good at first , as sporadic wars with the local Native Americans still persisted , but many thrived . Those sent to the West Indies , however , faced seven years ' toil in the sugar factories ...
... sent to South Carolina , things were not so good at first , as sporadic wars with the local Native Americans still persisted , but many thrived . Those sent to the West Indies , however , faced seven years ' toil in the sugar factories ...
Table des matières
INTRODUCTION | 11 |
CHAPTER ONE | 21 |
CHAPTER TWO | 33 |
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