White cargo : the forgotten history of Britain's white slaves in America
Jordan, Don2008
Books, Manuscripts
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, 2008.
Collation:
320 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: 2007.Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-312) and index.
ISBN:
9781845961930 (pbk)1845961935 (pbk)
Dewey class:
306.3'63'08921'073306.363
Local class:
306.363
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1328478