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White Cargo: The Forgotten History of Britains White Slaves in America
White Cargo The Forgotten History of Britains White Slaves in America
Author: Don Jordan, Michael Walsh
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 expe...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780814742969
ISBN-10: 0814742963
Publication Date: 3/8/2008
Pages: 320
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Publisher: NYU Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio CD
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