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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Because of this great value placed on sugar , punishments for absconding plantation slaves were severe to the point ... As a contemporary observer put it , they preferred " a crust of bread and liberty in Old England to slavery in the ...
Because of this great value placed on sugar , punishments for absconding plantation slaves were severe to the point ... As a contemporary observer put it , they preferred " a crust of bread and liberty in Old England to slavery in the ...
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To that could be added " blackamoors preening " and " runaway slaves hiding " ; and in 1744 footpads bludgeoning their victims in broad daylight in Fleet Street and the Strand and by night lurking in the Covent Garden piazzas to waylay ...
To that could be added " blackamoors preening " and " runaway slaves hiding " ; and in 1744 footpads bludgeoning their victims in broad daylight in Fleet Street and the Strand and by night lurking in the Covent Garden piazzas to waylay ...
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This humanitarian attitude to slaves was taking root in the last quarter of the eighteenth century in England and was growing rapidly . From their pulpits Dr. Hayter , Bishop of Norwich , Bishop Warburton , and the celebrated divine ...
This humanitarian attitude to slaves was taking root in the last quarter of the eighteenth century in England and was growing rapidly . From their pulpits Dr. Hayter , Bishop of Norwich , Bishop Warburton , and the celebrated divine ...
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Contents
Part | 3 |
Courtesans and Blackamoors | 5 |
Bread and Liberty in Old England | 12 |
Copyright | |
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| 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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