Black Britannia: A History of Blacks in BritainJohnson Publishing Company, 1972 - 316 pages Historical study of the African and West Indian Black in the UK from 1594 to 1971 - covers forced labour as domestic workers, legal status, racial discrimination, race relations, racial conflict, racial policy, White attitudes, negro associations, immigration, social integration, employment (incl. As performers, writers, physicians, nurses, etc.), etc. Illustrations and references. |
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Page 157
... house in which eight black men lived and began firing revolver shots . They were hidden in the warehouses of a wholesale grocer who lived across the street . Two soldiers in uniform led the mob . When a party of armed blacks barred the ...
... house in which eight black men lived and began firing revolver shots . They were hidden in the warehouses of a wholesale grocer who lived across the street . Two soldiers in uniform led the mob . When a party of armed blacks barred the ...
Page 199
... house after house , as it comes up for sale , is being bought , filled with people , and turned into a seaside boarding house . Not many migrant families qualified for council flats and those that did were usually at the end of housing ...
... house after house , as it comes up for sale , is being bought , filled with people , and turned into a seaside boarding house . Not many migrant families qualified for council flats and those that did were usually at the end of housing ...
Page 258
... House of Commons . It went through this third reading by a majoity of 107. Thus the Conservative government had given way to the prejudices of the British . Only a dozen Conservative M.P.'s abstained . With the ex- ception of about ...
... House of Commons . It went through this third reading by a majoity of 107. Thus the Conservative government had given way to the prejudices of the British . Only a dozen Conservative M.P.'s abstained . With the ex- ception of about ...
Contents
Part | 3 |
Courtesans and Blackamoors | 5 |
Bread and Liberty in Old England | 12 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Black Britannia: A History of Blacks in Britain |
| Author | Edward Scobie |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Johnson Publishing Company, 1972 |
| ISBN | 0874850568, 9780874850567 |
| Length | 316 pages |
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