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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... shillings to anyone who provided him with a victim . Stewart then sold them on for forty shillings apiece . In another affidavit , Haverland accused William Thiene , a shoemaker of East Smithfield , of spiriting away 840 people , while ...
... shillings to anyone who provided him with a victim . Stewart then sold them on for forty shillings apiece . In another affidavit , Haverland accused William Thiene , a shoemaker of East Smithfield , of spiriting away 840 people , while ...
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... shillings each and drawers at 3 shillings . Their caps , if provided , cost 4s and shoes , if they are given any , 3s . The women are given petticoats at 5s a piece and smocks at 4s.5 If they served in the farmer's house , the women 183 ...
... shillings each and drawers at 3 shillings . Their caps , if provided , cost 4s and shoes , if they are given any , 3s . The women are given petticoats at 5s a piece and smocks at 4s.5 If they served in the farmer's house , the women 183 ...
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... shillings , they built their own huts and their simple food was grown on the estate . a servant -- - How different ... shilling a day - or about £ 15 a year . This would mean that over a four- or five - year period of indenture , total ...
... shillings , they built their own huts and their simple food was grown on the estate . a servant -- - How different ... shilling a day - or about £ 15 a year . This would mean that over a four- or five - year period of indenture , total ...
Table des matières
INTRODUCTION | 11 |
CHAPTER ONE | 21 |
CHAPTER TWO | 33 |
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