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White cargo : the forgotten history of Britain's White slaves in America

Thousands of Britons lived and died in bondage in Britain's American colonies
Print Book, English, 2008, ©2007
New York University Press, Washington Square, N.Y., 2008, ©2007
History
320 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 24 cm
9780814742723, 9780814742969, 0814742726, 0814742963
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In the shadow of the myth
A place for the unwanted
The judge's dream
The merchant prince
Children of the city
The jagged edge
"They are not dogs"
The people trade
Spirited away
Foreigners in their own land
Dissent in the north
The planter from Angola
"Barbadosed"
The grandees
Bacon's rebellion
Queen Anne's golden book
Disunity in the union
Lost and found
"His Majesty's seven-year passengers"
The last hurrah
Originally published: Edinburgh : Mainstream Pub., ©2007