. Sadlier's excelsior studies in the history of the United States, for schools. ivy-clad church tower, and a few monuments inthe graveyard near it. 9. White Slaves.—Much ofthe labor in Virginiawas performed by con-victs and other exilesfrom the British wiites: White servants cameto be a usual article oftraffic. They were soldin England, and in Vir-ginia were resold to thehighest bidder. In Ireland, the crowd-ed exportation of IrishCatholics was a frequent event, and was attended by aggravations hardly inferior to the Africanslave-trade. Father Thebaud, in his magnificent work, T
. Sadlier's excelsior studies in the history of the United States, for schools. ivy-clad church tower, and a few monuments inthe graveyard near it. 9. White Slaves.—Much ofthe labor in Virginiawas performed by con-victs and other exilesfrom the British wiites: White servants cameto be a usual article oftraffic. They were soldin England, and in Vir-ginia were resold to thehighest bidder. In Ireland, the crowd-ed exportation of IrishCatholics was a frequent event, and was attended by aggravations hardly inferior to the Africanslave-trade. Father Thebaud, in his magnificent work, The Irish Race, allud-ing to the wholesale transportation of that people, during the time ofCromwell, says : Nearly all the British colonies then existing in America leceivedtheir share of this emigration. Several ship-loads of the exiles werecertainly sent to New England, at the very time that New Englanderswere earnestly invited by the British government to come and plantIreland. Virginia, too, paid probably with tobacco for the young menand maidens sent there as ULINS OP JAMESTOWN, 70 EXCELSIOR HISTORY 10. Manners.—The Virginians were social, hospitable,and not so constrained in their manners as the New Eng-land colonists. As there were but few books and little educa-tion in those early times, amusement was often sought inhorse-racing, fox-hunting, and other out-door sports.
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