White Cargo: The Forgotten History of Britain's White Slaves in America
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The Forgotten History of Britain's White Slaves in America
In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, more than 300,000 white people were shipped to America as slaves. Urchins swept from London's streets labored in tobacco fields where life expectancy was no more than two years. Brothels were raided to provide "breeders" for Virginia. Hopeful migrants were duped into indentured servitude — becoming personal property that could be bought, sold, and gambled away. Transported convicts were paraded for sale like livestock.
Drawing on letters crying for help, personal diaries, and court and government archives, Don Jordan and Michael Walsh demonstrate that the brutalities usually associated with Black slavery alone were also perpetrated on white people throughout British colonial rule.
The trade ended with American independence — but the British still tried to sell convicts in their former colonies, sparking one of the most audacious plots in Anglo-American history.
Why This Book Is Important
- Recovers a suppressed chapter of colonial history
- Based on primary sources: letters, diaries, court and government records
- Challenges the conventional narrative of slavery in America
- Essential reading for historians, students, and truth-seekers
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