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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Page 13
... slavery and the treatment of slaves declared that in the six years after the War of American Independence ended in 1783 the number had risen to forty thousand - and the figure did not include those who lived in Liverpool , Bristol , and ...
... slavery and the treatment of slaves declared that in the six years after the War of American Independence ended in 1783 the number had risen to forty thousand - and the figure did not include those who lived in Liverpool , Bristol , and ...
Page 81
... slavery with a devastating denunciation of the slave trade . One historian described it as " abolitionist rhetoric , demanding a heightened style . " Books by slaves were always popular in England and were sure to raise passions . They ...
... slavery with a devastating denunciation of the slave trade . One historian described it as " abolitionist rhetoric , demanding a heightened style . " Books by slaves were always popular in England and were sure to raise passions . They ...
Page 82
... slavery , these works , together with those of major English writers , clergymen , and abolitionists , played a great part in changing the attitude of the English people and causing them to realize the enormity of the crimes their slave ...
... slavery , these works , together with those of major English writers , clergymen , and abolitionists , played a great part in changing the attitude of the English people and causing them to realize the enormity of the crimes their slave ...
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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