White cargo
Subtitle: the forgotten history of Britain's white slaves in America
By: Don Jordan and Michael Walsh.
Contributors: Walsh, Michael.
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Washington Square, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780814742723; 9780814742969
Subjects: Slavery -- United States -- History -- 17th century; Slavery -- United States -- History -- 18th century; Whites -- United States -- Social conditions -- 17th century; Whites -- United States -- Social conditions -- 18th century; Indentured servants -- United States -- History; Whites -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 17th century; Whites -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 18th century; United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 17th century; Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 18th century
Description: Thousands of Britons lived and died in bondage in Britain's American colonies.
Notes: First published: Edinburgh : Mainstream Pub., c2007.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-312) and index.
Table of contents: title: In the shadow of the myth; title: A place for the unwanted; title: The judge's dream; title: The merchant prince; title: Children of the city; title: The jagged edge; title: "They are not dogs"; title: The people trade; title: Spirited away; title: Foreigners in their own land; title: Dissent in the north; title: The planter from Angola; title: "Barbadosed"; title: The grandees; title: Bacon's rebellion; title: Queen Anne's golden book; title: Disunity in the union; title: Lost and found; title: "His Majesty's seven-year passengers"; title: The last hurrah.