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They Were White and They Were Slaves: The Untold History of the Enslavement of Whites in Early America by [Michael A. Hoffman II]

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They Were White and They Were Slaves: The Untold History of the Enslavement of Whites in Early America Kindle Edition

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They Were White and They Were Slaves is a thoroughly researched challenge to the conventional historiography of colonial and industrial labor, a stunning journey into a hidden epoch, the slave trade of Whites, hundreds of thousands of whom were kidnapped, chained, whipped and worked to death in the American colonies and during the Industrial Revolution. This is a chronicle that has never been fully told, part of a vital heritage that has until now comprised the dustiest shelf in the darkest corner of suppressed history.

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157 pages
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English
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August 21, 2016
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14 - 18 years
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ASIN : B01KU6LFK2
Publisher : Independent History and Research (August 21, 2016)
Publication date : August 21, 2016
Language : English
File size : 3518 KB
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Print length : 157 pages
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alman5555

Every American should read this

Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2020

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A concise history of indentured servitude and slavery in early America. What stands out in my mind was how the author portrayed the slave holders as elitists who cared only for their plantations. He told how the Civil War was seen by some as a rich man's war fought by poor southerners. They remind me of the Democrats of today who just use African Americans and union workers for their votes. Then they sell them out to globalist interests and the heads of the teachers unions. African Americans should return en mass to the Republican party of Abraham Lincoln.

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TYRONE 091209

THIS BOOK IS A REAL EYE OPENER

Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2017

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I found this book very informative and factual it was easy for me to look up the information that he supplied online and test it for its validity and accuracy. I am a lover of real history and not the history of an autocracy seeking to cover up its atrocities by rewriting history. I highly recommend this book for anyone who is interested in what really happened during the colonization of America and it's enslavement and transportation of poor whites and the so-called criminal class of England to the sugar plantations of the Caribbeans and the colonies in America it has always been about maximum profit throughfree slave labor or cheap labor through globalization.

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kindale

This book makes me want to do more research.

Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2018

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I have finished this book. And I have read the reviews both positive and negative. I rarely hold much faith in any one book on a topic. I have to do some more reading. What drove me to this book was a movie. It was a John Wayne movie where a beautiful white woman was auctioned off like a typical slave. This made me wonder, was white slavery a thing? I don't know but I am curious to find out. This book is probably not the best source for anyone to make up their mind about the subject. For me it is merely a starting point so in that regard it was a good read.

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jfd

Stereotype Busting Overview of Slavery

Reviewed in the United States on May 7, 2017

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Well, too uncommon, this comprises a proper examination of enslavement of 'whites' in history. The major focus is with the North Americans, pre- and post-colonial. There is recognition of the present day, nearly universal practice of ignoring 'white' enslavement while enslavement of Africans as somehow uniquely a sin of Europeans.

Although there is sometimes present day acknowledgement of enslavement of the Irish, massive enslavement of English--especially poor children--was an early foundation of the American Colonies. Your average 'cracker' or 'hill billy' is likely descended from white slaves in that early phase of mass-enslavement.

This book throws many presumptions about racism into question. It also throws the current 'consensus' theories re: race into question.

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Amazon Customer

This book is a new eye opener

Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2017

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This book is instresting because when you read about slavery you never read many books about white slavery in the Western Hemisphere. This is a great book ,it's hard believe it however it's worth the investment.

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Very impressive treatise

Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2018

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I almost fifn’t But this because of the hokey cover art. I am glad I got it. This little book is an absolute gem of information about white slavery. Anyone interested in this subject should read this. Filled with historical cites. Much more than I expected or hoped for!

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Patrick E.

Eye-opening

Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2020

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Adding to other reviews here, two main comments for my experience with this book.

First, especially in the current time, I found that this book doesn't portray "who was enslaved" as a zero-sum game. In other words, he documents in detail what happened with Slavic, English, Irish, and other white Europeans, but he also speaks a bit about Africans becoming slaves. My read was this book does not at all attempt to diminish the horrors of slavery inflicted upon Africans, but it supplements that well-known historical record with how millions of Slavic, English, and Irish men, women, and children were also enslaved. The book also discusses the horrendous labor conditions in England during those times. There is much history in this book I had no idea about, and the author constantly provides detailed citations to source reference material.

Second, the book really gave me a sense that we humans have been depriving each other of liberty and life for, well, a really long time - millennia. This enslavement and killing knew no racial or geographic boundaries, as everyone seems to have done this to everyone else, including to people very similar to themselves. The book talks about how Vikings a thousand years ago would sell other white Europeans into slavery, followed by other Europeans, and of course Africans sold other Africans into slavery, and both buyers and sellers transcended any race we in modernity might want to pick out in particular. We all did it. Again, that is not to diminish or elevate any one or any group in particular, it is a comment on gaining wider and more complete historical knowledge which can only inform our modern ethical choices and how we shape our polity and society going forward.

The book, despite its "budget" appearance, is very well written and very readable. I expected to pick it up and find a dry historical tome that would take me some time to read; instead, I found it riveting (admittedly it helps to be interested in history to begin with). Given the current political temper, its title and material is a little controversial, but truth is paramount. The book is not that long, so for curious and open-eyed students of history, I highly recommend it.

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Anaximander

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2017

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Well documented account of Anglo slaves who were never formally called slaves. Reading found nowhere else.

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Millsoke

Brilliant read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 14, 2020

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This is a brilliant book that exposes the hidden history of white slavery in the plantations of America and the West Indies, British slaves that were transported to America 100 years before African slaves were transported.
It is sad to read and just shows man's inhumanity to man and that race was never an issue and that white slaves were treated as bad if not worse than black slaves.
This really turns the history of slavery on it's head.

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minniemouse

One A Slave Laways A Slave

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 8, 2013

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this writer should be given a big pat on the back for unveiling this part of history that had been hidden away for many decades.
at first shocked but not shocked as I do believe we are only allowed to know what benefits the government, and after all this country in past centuries were hanging children who were orphaned and living on the streets stealing a little food because they were so hungry , if you were lucky you were sent to Australia or so we are lead to believe by the history books but, I doubt if what we are told is any where near the truth, so this wonderful read ( They Were White and They Were Slaves ) hits the nail on the head, nothing has changed then.

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M. Illum

good

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 16, 2016

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We all need to learn the real history instead of the leftwing lies that are being told in schools and the media. this book is a good starting point.

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SarahB

Should be compulsory reading.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 14, 2014

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Why is this subject not taught in schools? Perhaps because the descendants of the perpetrators are still in power. One of the most shocking yet credible books I have ever read. I intend to buy more copies to give away so that more people can learn about this still relevant subject. Please Buy. Please Read. Please tell your children the truth.

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colin s

not what I expected

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 4, 2019

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it doers not seem to be a story but just a book of stats, vaguely interesting

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