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Eighteenth Century ‘Prize Negroes’: From Britain To America, Charles R. Foy

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Eighteenth-century Anglo-American prize systems were highly organized

enterprises for the provision of coerced labor. Offering whites opportunities to

participate in a lucrative market, they extended the reach of American slavery

beyond the shores of the Americas, reinforced slavery in North America and

greatly limited opportunities for freedom for black seamen. Although Americans

desired that their new nation provide greater individual liberty, the American prize

system applied the same presumption - that captured black mariners were slaves -

as had its British predecessor, resulting in the sale of hundreds of black seamen

into slavery.

Foreign Affairs! That's For People Who Don't Have To Work To Make A Living, Edmund F. Wehrle

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Foreign Affairs! That's For People Who Don't Have To Work To Make A Living, Edmund Wehrle

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Charles R. Foy Review Of Michael J. Jarvis, “In The Eye Of All Trade: Bermuda, Bermudians, And The Maritime Atlantic World,” In Common-Place 10:4 (July 2010) (Www.Common-Place.Org)., Charles R. Foy

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In his comprehensive study of colonial Bermuda Jarvis places Bermuda in "the eye of trade," i.e., the center of the Anglo-American Atlantic. He proceeds to use this new perspective to explore six key characteristics of Bermudian life: its transition from a tobacco society to a maritime society; the island’s unique system of slavery; the emphasis placed on kinship connections and communal activities; Bermudian exploitation of the Atlantic’s natural resources; the effect of Bermuda’s maritime economy on its residents; and the impact of the American Revolution on Bermudian society. With their maritime skills, unique slave system and extensive kinship connections Bermudians …

Field Marshal Harold Alexander: A Selected And Annotated Bibliography, Bradley P. Tolppanen

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Book Review: The Proletarian Gamble: Korean Workers In Interwar Japan. By Ken C. Kawashima, Jinhee Lee

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Book Review: The Proletarian Gamble: Korean Workers In Interwar Japan. By Ken C. Kawashima, Jinhee Lee

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Review: Alan Hardy, Anne Dodd, Graham D. Keevill, Et Al., Aelfric's Abbey: Excavations At Eynsham Abbey, Oxfordshire, 1989-92., Bailey K. Young

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Review: Wasperton: A Roman, British And Anglo-Saxon Community In Central England, Martin Carver, Ed., Bailey K. Young

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Review: Wasperton: A Roman, British And Anglo-Saxon Community In Central England, Martin Carver, Ed., Bailey Young

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Review: Alan Hardy, Anne Dodd, Graham D. Keevill, Et Al., Aelfric's Abbey: Excavations At Eynsham Abbey, Oxfordshire, 1989-92., Bailey Young

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Field Marshal Harold Alexander: A Selected And Annotated Bibliography, Bradley Tolppanen

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