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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... century three of these provinces [ of Scotland ] were wholly black and the supreme ruler of these became for a time the paramount King of Transmarine Scotland . We see one of the black people the Moors of the Romans - in the person of a ...
... century three of these provinces [ of Scotland ] were wholly black and the supreme ruler of these became for a time the paramount King of Transmarine Scotland . We see one of the black people the Moors of the Romans - in the person of a ...
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... century . The general attitude in Britain to blacks was by then undergoing change . It has been said of eighteenth century England , " the spirit of humanitarianism was the age's most precious gift , " but there was precious little of ...
... century . The general attitude in Britain to blacks was by then undergoing change . It has been said of eighteenth century England , " the spirit of humanitarianism was the age's most precious gift , " but there was precious little of ...
Page 119
... century had seen differently . In fact , way back in the sixteenth century Britons should have grown accustomed to the blacks continually settling in their midst . The hostile racial attitude which was taking root from emancipation ...
... century had seen differently . In fact , way back in the sixteenth century Britons should have grown accustomed to the blacks continually settling in their midst . The hostile racial attitude which was taking root from emancipation ...
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Part | 3 |
Courtesans and Blackamoors | 5 |
Bread and Liberty in Old England | 12 |
Copyright | |
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