Condemned : the transported men, women and children who built Britain's empire /
"In the early seventeenth century, Britain took ruthless steps to deal with its unwanted citizens, forcibly removing men, women, and children from their homelands and sending them to far-flung corners of the empire to be sold off to colonial masters. This oppressive regime grew into a brutal sy...
Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
[2021]
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- Introduction: empire of chains
- A history with many links
- Kidnappers, spirits and soul drivers
- Traitors and deceivers
- The body trade
- A race of convicts
- This solitary waste
- Cruel tyranny
- The devil's isles
- One vase charnel house
- River of tears
- The end of the chain?