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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... tobacco agreeable to the English palate could be cultivated in Virginia . In 1613 , the planter John Rolfe , who later married Pocahontas , produced the colony's first commercial crop of ' tall tobacco ' and it was shipped to England ...
... tobacco agreeable to the English palate could be cultivated in Virginia . In 1613 , the planter John Rolfe , who later married Pocahontas , produced the colony's first commercial crop of ' tall tobacco ' and it was shipped to England ...
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... tobacco . Those Irish who survived their indenture could start up their own smallholdings on the island's fertile land . But when the Virginian tobacco trade picked up , the smaller producers began to suffer . Some Irish in the ...
... tobacco . Those Irish who survived their indenture could start up their own smallholdings on the island's fertile land . But when the Virginian tobacco trade picked up , the smaller producers began to suffer . Some Irish in the ...
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... tobacco as currency 80 , 85 , 109-10 , 124–5 , 144 , 197 , 199 , 202 , 249 conditions in tobacco fields 92 , 103 , 170 , 176 farming 12 , 70 , 78-9 Jefferson , Thomas , view of 104 output 194 trade 113 , 143 , 207 , 236 Tower of London ...
... tobacco as currency 80 , 85 , 109-10 , 124–5 , 144 , 197 , 199 , 202 , 249 conditions in tobacco fields 92 , 103 , 170 , 176 farming 12 , 70 , 78-9 Jefferson , Thomas , view of 104 output 194 trade 113 , 143 , 207 , 236 Tower of London ...
Table des matières
INTRODUCTION | 11 |
CHAPTER ONE | 21 |
CHAPTER TWO | 33 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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