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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... turned the expedition into a disaster when it was barely out of English waters . A decimated fleet returned home without even crossing the Atlantic . Undeterred , Gilbert tried again in 1583. Without Raleigh this time , he followed in ...
... turned the expedition into a disaster when it was barely out of English waters . A decimated fleet returned home without even crossing the Atlantic . Undeterred , Gilbert tried again in 1583. Without Raleigh this time , he followed in ...
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... turned round , and fancying he had not been satisfied with her hospitality , said to the bystanders , ' The man wants a second dinner . ' The words drew the eyes of the reapers on him , when one of his sons whispers to his mother , ' If ...
... turned round , and fancying he had not been satisfied with her hospitality , said to the bystanders , ' The man wants a second dinner . ' The words drew the eyes of the reapers on him , when one of his sons whispers to his mother , ' If ...
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... turned the business of shipping convicts to America into a gold mine for the merchants contracted to do it . They were to be officially endowed with property rights in the men and women who were turned over to them from the gaols and to ...
... turned the business of shipping convicts to America into a gold mine for the merchants contracted to do it . They were to be officially endowed with property rights in the men and women who were turned over to them from the gaols and to ...
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INTRODUCTION | 11 |
CHAPTER ONE | 21 |
CHAPTER TWO | 33 |
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