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 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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... 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 the value put on a bed , blankets , some curtains ...
... 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 the value put on a bed , blankets , some curtains ...
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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 ...
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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