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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We see one of the black people — the Moors of the Romans — in the person of a King of Alban of the tenth century . History knows him as Kenneth , sometimes as Dubh and as Niger . . . . We know as a historic fact that a Niger Val Dubh ...
We see one of the black people — the Moors of the Romans — in the person of a King of Alban of the tenth century . History knows him as Kenneth , sometimes as Dubh and as Niger . . . . We know as a historic fact that a Niger Val Dubh ...
Page 245
Already in that year a group of twelve Labour M.P.s led by Fenner Brockway ( later Lord Brockway ) had made an abortive attempt when they sponsored a private member's bill to make illegal “ discrimination to the detriment of any person ...
Already in that year a group of twelve Labour M.P.s led by Fenner Brockway ( later Lord Brockway ) had made an abortive attempt when they sponsored a private member's bill to make illegal “ discrimination to the detriment of any person ...
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The allocation for such persons was a mere fifteen hundred vouchers a year . During the Lords debate on the bill the Lord Chancellor , Lord Gardiner , said : " I do not like this Bill . I do not suppose anyone likes it .
The allocation for such persons was a mere fifteen hundred vouchers a year . During the Lords debate on the bill the Lord Chancellor , Lord Gardiner , said : " I do not like this Bill . I do not suppose anyone likes it .
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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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