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 121
... house the police found five lascars , nine Chinese , two prostitutes , one poor Irish widow , and two dead bodies . Had the house been properly registered as a lodging house only twelve tenants would have been permitted to live there ...
... house the police found five lascars , nine Chinese , two prostitutes , one poor Irish widow , and two dead bodies . Had the house been properly registered as a lodging house only twelve tenants would have been permitted to live there ...
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 220
... house is white folks . Just passed four Teddy boys on the corner . They didn't say anything , just showed us their knives . " Fear ... A pub landlord relates that , in the dinner hour , he heard a gang deciding on the night's plan of ...
... house is white folks . Just passed four Teddy boys on the corner . They didn't say anything , just showed us their knives . " Fear ... A pub landlord relates that , in the dinner hour , he heard a gang deciding on the night's plan of ...
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Courtesans and Blackamoors | 5 |
Bread and Liberty in Old England | 12 |
Copyright | |
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