Expect to Die
1998
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Apr 27, 2008 · “White Cargo” begins with the discovery of a 17th-century skeleton in Maryland in 2003; it turned out to be that of a boy, about 16 years old, who had suffered from tuberculosis and injuries ...
Jan 1, 2007 · 766 ratings133 reviews. White Cargo is the forgotten story of the thousands of Britons who lived and died in bondage in Britain s American colonies. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, more than 300,000 white people were shipped to America as slaves. Urchins were swept up from London streets to labor in the tobacco fields, where life ...
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Mar 1, 2008 · The author's youthfulness helps to assure the inevitable comparison with the Anne Frank diary although over and above the sphere of suffering shared, and in this case extended to the death march itself, there is no spiritual or emotional legacy here to offset any reader reluctance. 28. Pub Date: Jan. 16, 2006.
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Mar 8, 2008 · White Cargo is the interesting and revealing story of Britain's White Slaves and indentured servants who were shipped to the American colonies prior to the birth of the USA. Written by Don Jordan (tv producer and director) and Michael Walsh who used to be a reporter-presenter on World in Action for ITV, who
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Apr 28, 2008 · White Cargo The Forgotten History of Britain's White Slaves in America. By Don Jordan and Michael Walsh. Illustrated. 320 pp. New York University Press. Paper, $18.95. Every schoolchild recognizes ...
Apr 7, 2022 · Book Review: ‘White Cargo’ by Don Jordan and Michael Walsh. In ‘White Cargo: The Forgotten History of Britain’s White Slaves in America’ by Don Jordan and Michael Walsh, a disturbing and tragic tale is told of indentured servants in Great Britain’s colonies in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The importation of black ...
Mar 8, 2008 · Editorial Reviews "With information gleaned from contemporary letters, journals and court archives, White Cargo is packed with proof that he brutalities usually associated with black slavery were, for centuries, also inflicted on whites" Daily Mail
