White Cargo: The Forgotten History of Britain’s White Slaves in AmericaNYU Press, 8 mars 2008 - 320 pages White Cargo is the forgotten story of the thousands of Britons who lived and died in bondage in Britain’s American colonies. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, more than 300,000 white people were shipped to America as slaves. Urchins were swept up from London’s streets to labor in the tobacco fields, where life expectancy was no more than two years. Brothels were raided to provide “breeders” for Virginia. Hopeful migrants were duped into signing as indentured servants, unaware they would become personal property who could be bought, sold, and even gambled away. Transported convicts were paraded for sale like livestock. Drawing on letters crying for help, diaries, and court and government archives, Don Jordan and Michael Walsh demonstrate that the brutalities usually associated with black slavery alone were perpetrated on whites throughout British rule. The trade ended with American independence, but the British still tried to sell convicts in their former colonies, which prompted one of the most audacious plots in Anglo-American history. This is a saga of exploration and cruelty spanning 170 years that has been submerged under the overwhelming memory of black slavery. White Cargo brings the brutal, uncomfortable story to the surface. |
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... kidnapped or duped onto America-bound ships and sold as servants. The 'spiriting' business became as insidious and organised as the cocaine racket today. Even magistrates took a cut of the proceeds. CHAPTER NINE 137 FOREIGNERS IN THEIR ...
... kidnapping continued under the Hanoverians. In two famous instances, victims returned, as if from the dead, to denounce their abductors. One claimed to be heir to an earldom, kidnapped by the man who stole his birthright. CHAPTER ...
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Table des matières
In the Shadow of the Myth | 11 |
A Place for the Unwanted | 21 |
The Judges Deam | 33 |
The Merchant Prince | 47 |
Children of the City | 75 |
The Jagged Edge | 89 |
They Are Not Dogs | 99 |
The People Trade | 113 |
Barbadosed | 177 |
The Grandees | 193 |
Bacons Rebellion | 205 |
Queen Annes Golden Book | 213 |
Disunity in the Union | 227 |
Lost and Found | 233 |
His Majestys SevenYear Passengers | 247 |
The Last Hurrah | 271 |
Spirited Away | 127 |
Foreigners in Their Own Land | 137 |
Dissent in the North | 155 |
The Planter from Angola | 169 |
Notes | 283 |
Select Bibliography | 301 |
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White Cargo: The Forgotten History of Britain's White Slaves in America Don Jordan,Michael Walsh Affichage d'extraits - 2007 |