White Cargo: The Forgotten History of Britain's White Slaves in America"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 was ' a culture productive of infinite wretchedness ' , wrote Thomas Jefferson a century later . Those employed in it were ' in a continued state of exertion beyond the powers of nature to support . Little food of any kind is ...
Tobacco was ' a culture productive of infinite wretchedness ' , wrote Thomas Jefferson a century later . Those employed in it were ' in a continued state of exertion beyond the powers of nature to support . Little food of any kind is ...
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upward of three years to serve ' at 1,200 pounds of tobacco . ' One grey mare ' was valued at 2,000 pounds . Elias Edmond's estate in 1664 listed ' a maid servant to serve eight months ' as worth 600 pounds of tobacco , half as much as ...
upward of three years to serve ' at 1,200 pounds of tobacco . ' One grey mare ' was valued at 2,000 pounds . Elias Edmond's estate in 1664 listed ' a maid servant to serve eight months ' as worth 600 pounds of tobacco , half as much as ...
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The new colonists that returned with Warner in 1626 were mainly Irish indentured servants who slashed and burned the vegetation to make room for the arable crops they would live on and the crop they would sell , tobacco .
The new colonists that returned with Warner in 1626 were mainly Irish indentured servants who slashed and burned the vegetation to make room for the arable crops they would live on and the crop they would sell , tobacco .
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WHITE CARGO: The Forgotten History of Britain's White Slaves in America
Avis d'utilisateur - KirkusTwo British journalists unravel a significant history of indentured servitude in the New World.Before the 18th century, when Southern tobacco grandees and West Indian sugar planters imported Africans ... Consulter l'avis complet
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Avis d'utilisateur - Sarah Fournier - GoodreadsRead selected chapters for research on a history paper. His writing is very emotional (if thats the right word). He is trying to make indentured servitude look horrible on the same scale as black slavery almost and his language gets the point across. Very persuasive. Consulter l'avis complet
Table des matières
INTRODUCTION | 11 |
CHAPTER ONE | 21 |
CHAPTER TWO | 33 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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Informations bibliographiques
| 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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