
White Cargo
The Forgotten History of Britain's White Slaves in America
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Roger Clark
White Cargo is the forgotten story of the thousands of Britons who lived and died in bondage in Britain's American colonies.
In the 17th and 18th 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 expectancy was no more than two years. Brothels were raided to provide "breeders" for Virginia. Hopeful migrants were duped into signing as indentured servants, unaware they would become personal property who could be bought, sold, and even gambled away. Transported convicts were paraded for sale like livestock.
Drawing on letters crying for help, diaries, and court and government archives, Don Jordan and Michael Walsh demonstrate that the brutalities usually associated with black slavery alone were perpetrated on whites throughout British rule. The trade ended with American independence, but the British still tried to sell convicts in their former colonies, which prompted one of the most audacious plots in Anglo-American history.
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Own the book, glad to find the Audio version
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points deducted for introduction.
so America was also like Australia with England dumping its convicts?? who knew!!
fascinating history
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I did not care for the narrator of this book. The voice was very boring to me.
I was bored in several sections but this on the whole was interesting.
I didn't like the narrator
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Forgotten History that is Much Needed
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a good book
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Very well done,
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An untold story that all should read.
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There was mass kidnapping, law modification/abuse to create "convicts," land theft, forced vagrancy, forced labor, beatings/whippings, agreement abuse, high death rate, etc. Most indentured servants never lived long enough to see their freedom due to the harsh conditions; slaves were more expensive and considered a life investment, therefore treated better. Indentured servitude was even referred to as a "delayed death sentence." Even the recorded laws refer to them as chattel.
Besides, if you slept amongst the slaves, ate with the slaves, worked alongside the slaves, got beat just like the slaves, and your master could add years to your service on a whim... what makes you any different from the slaves?
"Indentured Servitude," the lie, has been told far too long and these poor souls deserve to have the truth told.
Indentured Servitude is a false term.
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Wow learned a lot!
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Blown away
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