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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... settler . This land went to whoever paid the settler's passage . News of the scheme led to a frantic scramble ... settlers arrived , which was as many as had been shipped in throughout the previous twelve years . Between a third ...
... settler . This land went to whoever paid the settler's passage . News of the scheme led to a frantic scramble ... settlers arrived , which was as many as had been shipped in throughout the previous twelve years . Between a third ...
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... settlers that an all - out attack was to be launched next day across the colony . The new paramount chief of the Powhatan Confederacy , Opechancanough , aimed to exterminate the invaders . Supposedly friendly tribesmen were to ...
... settlers that an all - out attack was to be launched next day across the colony . The new paramount chief of the Powhatan Confederacy , Opechancanough , aimed to exterminate the invaders . Supposedly friendly tribesmen were to ...
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... settlers attempted to put it into practice . But mass enslavement of the native population on their own terrain was never realistic . In later years , large numbers of men and women from a range of tribes would indeed be enslaved and ...
... settlers attempted to put it into practice . But mass enslavement of the native population on their own terrain was never realistic . In later years , large numbers of men and women from a range of tribes would indeed be enslaved and ...
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