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Page vii
... in Britain in the legal sense , but they were still slaves in the social and economic fabric of British life . This legacy , though improving constantly , has survived and today blacks in Britain find themselves slaves to the same ...
... in Britain in the legal sense , but they were still slaves in the social and economic fabric of British life . This legacy , though improving constantly , has survived and today blacks in Britain find themselves slaves to the same ...
Page 164
Brown claimed that there were no prospects for absorption of these children in “ the responsible grooves of the general social order . " Secondary education and employment in industry or apprenticeship to trades were denied them .
Brown claimed that there were no prospects for absorption of these children in “ the responsible grooves of the general social order . " Secondary education and employment in industry or apprenticeship to trades were denied them .
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Not only the 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 ...
Not only the 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 ...
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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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