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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Like hundreds of other blacks who came to England , Domingo was befriended by Granville Sharp and by the Sierra Leone Company , which paid for his education . On his return to Sierra Leone , Domingo wrote Granville Sharp thanking him ...
Like hundreds of other blacks who came to England , Domingo was befriended by Granville Sharp and by the Sierra Leone Company , which paid for his education . On his return to Sierra Leone , Domingo wrote Granville Sharp thanking him ...
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In the following year an Act of Parliament was passed granting the association a charter and incorporating it as the Sierra Leone Company . Granville Sharp was president of the company , and Henry Thornton , chairman .
In the following year an Act of Parliament was passed granting the association a charter and incorporating it as the Sierra Leone Company . Granville Sharp was president of the company , and Henry Thornton , chairman .
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He had the power to offer his people a new home in Sierra Leone . From then on Peters was their leader . In Nova Scotia thousands of Black Pioneers applied when the com- pany's notice appeared , promising to accept those who could ...
He had the power to offer his people a new home in Sierra Leone . From then on Peters was their leader . In Nova Scotia thousands of Black Pioneers applied when the com- pany's notice appeared , promising to accept those who could ...
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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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