Bibliograph

White cargo, the forgotten history of Britain's White slaves in America, Don Jordan and Michael Walsh

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White cargo, the forgotten history of Britain's White slaves in America, Don Jordan and Michael Walsh

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-312) and index

Illustrations

platesillustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

White cargo

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

173683522

Responsibility statement

Don Jordan and Michael Walsh

Sub title

the forgotten history of Britain's White slaves in America

Summary

Thousands of Britons 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 Londons streets to labor in the tobacco fields, where life expectancy was no more than two years. Brothels were raided to provide {28}breeders

Table Of Contents

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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