Black Britannia: A History of Blacks in BritainHistorical 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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In that house the police found five lascars , nine Chinese , two prostitutes , one poor Irish widow , and two dead bodies . Had the house been properly registered as a lodging house only twelve tenants would have been permitted to ...
In that house the police found five lascars , nine Chinese , two prostitutes , one poor Irish widow , and two dead bodies . Had the house been properly registered as a lodging house only twelve tenants would have been permitted to ...
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We're still alone the rest of the house is white folks . Just passed four Teddy boys on the corner . They didn't say anything , just showed us their knives . " Fear . . . A pub landlord relates that , in the dinner hour , he heard a ...
We're still alone the rest of the house is white folks . Just passed four Teddy boys on the corner . They didn't say anything , just showed us their knives . " Fear . . . A pub landlord relates that , in the dinner hour , he heard a ...
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Members of both parties in Britain's House of Commons around November - December , 1961 , held opposite , clearly defined views on this question . Hugh Gaitskell , leader of the Labour party opposition , de- clared his belief in ...
Members of both parties in Britain's House of Commons around November - December , 1961 , held opposite , clearly defined views on this question . Hugh Gaitskell , leader of the Labour party opposition , de- clared his belief in ...
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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 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Jun 2008 |
| ISBN | 0874850568, 9780874850567 |
| Length | 316 pages |
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