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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England was viewed as a haven by these thousands of slaves in the colonies . As a contemporary observer put it , they preferred " a crust of bread and liberty in Old England to slavery in the West Indies , " which carried with it ...
England was viewed as a haven by these thousands of slaves in the colonies . As a contemporary observer put it , they preferred " a crust of bread and liberty in Old England to slavery in the West Indies , " which carried with it ...
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As soon as war was declared , the British West Indian colonies rallied quickly to the call of “ the Mother country . ” Their contribution in men , supplies , and money was to be on a far larger scale than in World War I. In a surge of ...
As soon as war was declared , the British West Indian colonies rallied quickly to the call of “ the Mother country . ” Their contribution in men , supplies , and money was to be on a far larger scale than in World War I. In a surge of ...
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The tendency to smooth out rough edges of the sing - song West Indian accent , in fact to drop it altogether for one which , even when used by the English , sounded cultivated , was common among immigrants from these colonies ; from the ...
The tendency to smooth out rough edges of the sing - song West Indian accent , in fact to drop it altogether for one which , even when used by the English , sounded cultivated , was common among immigrants from these colonies ; from the ...
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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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