Black Britannia: A History of Blacks in BritainHistorical 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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So , on May 18 he left London for Plymouth where he set sail for Sierra Leone on a vessel of the Sierra Leone Company called Naimbanna . The journey lasted for several weeks and before the vessel reached Sierra Leone he fell ill of a ...
So , on May 18 he left London for Plymouth where he set sail for Sierra Leone on a vessel of the Sierra Leone Company called Naimbanna . The journey lasted for several weeks and before the vessel reached Sierra Leone he fell ill of a ...
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Like hundreds of other blacks who came to England , Domingo was befriended by Granville Sharp and by the Sierra Leone Company , which paid for his education . On his return to Sierra Leone , Domingo wrote Granville Sharp thanking him ...
Like hundreds of other blacks who came to England , Domingo was befriended by Granville Sharp and by the Sierra Leone Company , which paid for his education . On his return to Sierra Leone , Domingo wrote Granville Sharp thanking him ...
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He had the power to offer his people a new home in Sierra Leone . From then on Peters was their leader . In Nova Scotia thousands of Black Pioneers applied when the company's notice appeared , promising to accept those who could produce ...
He had the power to offer his people a new home in Sierra Leone . From then on Peters was their leader . In Nova Scotia thousands of Black Pioneers applied when the company's notice appeared , promising to accept those who could produce ...
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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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