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 vii
... social and economic fab- ric of British life . This legacy , though improving constantly , has survived and today blacks in Britain find themselves slaves to the same prejudices which once kept them in chains . The latter part of Black ...
... social and economic fab- ric of British life . This legacy , though improving constantly , has survived and today blacks in Britain find themselves slaves to the same prejudices which once kept them in chains . The latter part of Black ...
Page 164
... social opportunities , and cultural facilities do not foster more drinking , ram- pant gambling , and unrestrained prostitution . These social activities are to be found in every industrial centre , depression or no depression ...
... social opportunities , and cultural facilities do not foster more drinking , ram- pant gambling , and unrestrained prostitution . These social activities are to be found in every industrial centre , depression or no depression ...
Page 170
... social amenities of the white man's country , but the best interests of the coloured people themselves are in issue . There is no reason for sentimentality in this matter . Let him who pleads the justice of the coloured man's settlement ...
... social amenities of the white man's country , but the best interests of the coloured people themselves are in issue . There is no reason for sentimentality in this matter . Let him who pleads the justice of the coloured man's settlement ...
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Courtesans and Blackamoors | 5 |
Bread and Liberty in Old England | 12 |
Copyright | |
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