White cargo : the forgotten history of Britain's white slaves in America
Jordan, Don2007
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The history of the thousands of Britons who lived & died in bondage in Britain's American colonies. Drawing on letters crying for help, diaries, court & government archives, this work demonstrates that the brutalities usually associated with black slavery alone were perpetrated on white convicts, bonded servants & kidnapped children.
Main title:
White cargo : the forgotten history of Britain's white slaves in America / Don Jordan and Michael Walsh.
Author:
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Mainstream, 2007.
Collation:
320 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), col. maps, ports. ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-312) and index.
ISBN:
9781845961954 (hbk)
Dewey class:
306.363089306.36308921073306.3620973
Local class:
306.3620973306.363089210
Language:
English
BRN:
1978113