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Genre/Form: | History |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Jordan, Don, 1948- White cargo. Edinburgh : Mainstream, 2007 (OCoLC)655156986 |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Don Jordan; Mike Walsh |
ISBN: | 9781845961954 1845961951 |
OCLC Number: | 173509669 |
Description: | 320 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
Responsibility: | Don Jordan and Michael Walsh. |
Abstract:
Drawing on letters crying for help, diaries, court and government archives, this book demonstrates that the brutalities 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.
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"Briskly written by Don Jordan and Michael Walsh, White Cargo is harrowing reading" Daily Telegraph "An eye-opening and heart-rending story" The Times "A fascinating account of Britain's troubled relationship with its biggest colony" Metro London "This book will certainly make readers re-evaluate all the recent appeasement and hype about apologising for the slave trade" -- Val Hennessey Daily Mail "A terrible tale, very well told" Tribune Read more...
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