White Cargo The Forgotten History of Britain's White Slaves in America

Name: White Cargo The Forgotten History of Britain's White Slaves in America
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ISBN: 9780814742969

ISBN-10: 0814742963

ISBN-13: 9780814742969

Edition: 2008

Authors: Don Jordan, Michael Walsh, Don Kirkland

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With information gleaned from contemporary letters, journals and court archives, White Cargo is packed with proof that the brutalities usually associated with black slavery were, for centuries, also inflicted on whites. Daily Mail An eye-opening and heart-rending story. The Times (London) White Cargo is the forgotten story of the thousands of Britons who lived and died in bondage in Britains 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 Londons streets to labor in the tobacco fields, where life expectancy was no more than two years. Brothels were raided to provide breeders…

Book details

List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: New York University Press
Publication date: 3/8/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.10" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Introduction: 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


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