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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Page 151
For once , the English could not hide their true feelings : they did not want black people living among them . It was this feeling which prompted a Liverpool magistrate in 1936 to comment : " It is a damned shame that a coloured ...
For once , the English could not hide their true feelings : they did not want black people living among them . It was this feeling which prompted a Liverpool magistrate in 1936 to comment : " It is a damned shame that a coloured ...
Page 164
The feeling of the white community was that they were a problem and consequently they restricted and rejected the " half - castes , " as they labeled the children of mixed marriages . The League of Coloured Peoples reported this ...
The feeling of the white community was that they were a problem and consequently they restricted and rejected the " half - castes , " as they labeled the children of mixed marriages . The League of Coloured Peoples reported this ...
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It will be a long time before good feeling is re - established , " says Tom McGregor . And unless the fear can be broken , he will be right . Up to this day the fear still remains . And , in any case , Tom McGregor was off reckoning ...
It will be a long time before good feeling is re - established , " says Tom McGregor . And unless the fear can be broken , he will be right . Up to this day the fear still remains . And , in any case , Tom McGregor was off reckoning ...
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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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