Black Britannia: A History of Blacks in BritainDocuments the role of Blacks in the social, economic, and cultural development of Britain from the seventeenth through the twentieth century |
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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 desire to equalize , to get closer in looks and behavior to those who were once masters in colonial lands had ... Kenneth Little explained how this came about : The colonies from which West Indians come , Jamaica and Barbados in ...
The desire to equalize , to get closer in looks and behavior to those who were once masters in colonial lands had ... Kenneth Little explained how this came about : The colonies from which West Indians come , Jamaica and Barbados in ...
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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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