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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... wrote a breathless letter to King James claiming the greatest discovery of the new century : " This cannot be other than the Southern ocean reaching to the regions of China . ' They had , he claimed , found the fabled North - West ...
... wrote a breathless letter to King James claiming the greatest discovery of the new century : " This cannot be other than the Southern ocean reaching to the regions of China . ' They had , he claimed , found the fabled North - West ...
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... wrote : The merchants have not been able to maintain this colony with as much liberality as was needed and so the people have suffered much want , living on miserable rations of oats or maize and dressing poorly ... There is not a year ...
... wrote : The merchants have not been able to maintain this colony with as much liberality as was needed and so the people have suffered much want , living on miserable rations of oats or maize and dressing poorly ... There is not a year ...
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... wrote from Pennsylvania to describe a land bursting with goodness and charity . Thirty years later , however , he had changed his tune . In 1755 , Sauer wrote to warn about those he termed ' Newlanders ' , who preyed upon new immigrants ...
... wrote from Pennsylvania to describe a land bursting with goodness and charity . Thirty years later , however , he had changed his tune . In 1755 , Sauer wrote to warn about those he termed ' Newlanders ' , who preyed upon new immigrants ...
Table des matières
INTRODUCTION | 11 |
CHAPTER ONE | 21 |
CHAPTER TWO | 33 |
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