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Ottobah Cugoano , a Fantee , was kidnapped as a boy and taken to Grenada . He was subsequently liberated and brought to England . There he worked for Cosway the miniaturist and having acquired an education became a leading abolitionist ...
Ottobah Cugoano , a Fantee , was kidnapped as a boy and taken to Grenada . He was subsequently liberated and brought to England . There he worked for Cosway the miniaturist and having acquired an education became a leading abolitionist ...
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Five black men were taken to hospital , three of them seriously injured . One was brought to the magistrate's court in a wheelchair to give evidence later . Another who had suffered a severe chest wound was taken into court on a ...
Five black men were taken to hospital , three of them seriously injured . One was brought to the magistrate's court in a wheelchair to give evidence later . Another who had suffered a severe chest wound was taken into court on a ...
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Half an hour after he had taken refuge in the store , Mr. Manning was rescued by a squad of policemen who held back the crowd and escorted him to a car . He was taken to the home of his friends , where he was treated for bruises and ...
Half an hour after he had taken refuge in the store , Mr. Manning was rescued by a squad of policemen who held back the crowd and escorted him to a car . He was taken to the home of his friends , where he was treated for bruises and ...
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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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