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It was during the period of the first three Georges that slavery flourished in America and the West Indies . Slave owners were reaping rich harvests from the slaves who worked on their cotton , rice , tobacco , and sugar plantations .
It was during the period of the first three Georges that slavery flourished in America and the West Indies . Slave owners were reaping rich harvests from the slaves who worked on their cotton , rice , tobacco , and sugar plantations .
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Cugoano's book , more than Gronniofaw's , dealt strongly with the evils of slavery with a devastating denunciation of the slave trade . One historian described it as " abolitionist rhetoric , demanding a heightened style .
Cugoano's book , more than Gronniofaw's , dealt strongly with the evils of slavery with a devastating denunciation of the slave trade . One historian described it as " abolitionist rhetoric , demanding a heightened style .
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England to join the Anti - Slavery Society . He met William Wilberforce , Thomas Clarkson , Thomas Fowell Buxton , and other abolitionists , and presented a petition to the House of Commons for the removal of the civil restrictions on ...
England to join the Anti - Slavery Society . He met William Wilberforce , Thomas Clarkson , Thomas Fowell Buxton , and other abolitionists , and presented a petition to the House of Commons for the removal of the civil restrictions on ...
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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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