Jordan, Don.

White cargo : the forgotten history of Britain's White slaves in America / Don Jordan and Michael Walsh. - Washington Square, N.Y. : New York University Press, 2008, c2007. - 320 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 24 cm.

First published: Edinburgh : Mainstream Pub., c2007.

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

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.

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

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Slavery--History--United States--17th century.
Slavery--History--United States--18th century.
Whites--Social conditions--United States--17th century.
Whites--Social conditions--United States--18th century.
Indentured servants--History.--United States
Whites--Social conditions--Great Britain--17th century.
Whites--Social conditions--Great Britain--18th century.


United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Great Britain--Social conditions--17th century.
Great Britain--Social conditions--18th century.

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