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From: "Susan Hoyle" <>
Subject: FW: [CON] PIRATE ACTIVITY in CON 17th & 18th Century
Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2003 18:13:44 +0100


I keep forgetting to click 'Reply All' for this list... So here is my reply
to Gina's query about pirates, in case anyone else is interested in the
theme.

Susan, in St Buryan where it is raining again


-----Original Message-----
From: Susan Hoyle [mailto:]
Sent: 01 June 2003 17:27
To: 'Gina Francis'
Subject: RE: [CON] PIRATE ACTIVITY in CON 17th & 18th Century

On the general background to this, Linda Colley's recent book _Captives_ is
excellent. She is not writing just about Cornwall -- or even much about
Cornwall -- but she has read everything there is to read about the taking of
English (including Cornish) people into slavery...

Susan, on a rainy day near St Buryan





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