In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, 300,000 people or more became slaves there in all but name. Urchins were swept up from London's streets to labour in the tobacco fields, brothels were raided to provide 'breeders' for Virginia and hopeful migrants were duped into signing as indentured servants, unaware they would become chattels who could be bought, sold and gambled ...(展开全部)

"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, 300,000 or more people became slaves there in all but name. Urchins were swept up from London's streets to labour in the tobacco fields, where life expectancy was no more than two years. Brothels were raided ...(展开全部)

[英]唐·乔丹（Don Jordan） 作家、电影制片人，与迈克尔·沃尔什共同编写了一系列历史书，其中包括被诺贝尔文学奖得主托尼·莫里森赞誉为 “一本非凡的书” 的《白奴：一段被遗忘的美洲殖民史》（White Cargo: The Forgotten History of Britain’s White Slaves in America）、《国王的复仇：查理二世与英国历史上最大规模的追捕》（The King’s Revenge: Charles II and the Greatest Manhunt in British History）等。乔丹的作品多次获奖，包括两个纽约国际电影电视节的奖项。曾任剧情片《情迷画色：弗朗西斯·培根的肖像研究》（Love is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Ba...(展开全部)