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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... settler . This land went to whoever paid the settler's passage . News of the scheme led to a frantic scramble amongst ... 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 amongst ... 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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| Titre | White Cargo: The Forgotten History of Britain's White Slaves in America |
| Auteurs | Don Jordan, Michael Walsh |
| Édition | illustrée |
| Éditeur | Mainstream, 2007 |
| ISBN | 1845961951, 9781845961954 |
| Longueur | 320 pages |
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