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

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Washington Square, N.Y. : New York University Press, 2008, c2007.Description: 320 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780814742723 (alk. paper)
  • 0814742726 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.3/62097309034 22
LOC classification:
  • E446 .J665 2008
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.
Summary: Thousands of Britons lived and died in bondage in Britain's American colonies.

First published: Edinburgh : Mainstream Pub., c2007.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-312) and index.

Thousands of Britons lived and died in bondage in Britain's American colonies.

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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