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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... Theatre in 1820 , the year it opened , and in 1821. His first engagement in an English theatre was on October 10 , 1825 , at the Royal Coburg Theatre which advertised " First night of the celebrated American Tragedian of a new and most ...
... Theatre in 1820 , the year it opened , and in 1821. His first engagement in an English theatre was on October 10 , 1825 , at the Royal Coburg Theatre which advertised " First night of the celebrated American Tragedian of a new and most ...
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... Theatres Royal in Liverpool , Manchester , and Bristol . But it was at the Theatre Royal , Dublin , on De- cember 7 , 1831 , that he reached the high point of his tour . When Edmund Kean , the celebrated actor , saw Aldridge play ...
... Theatres Royal in Liverpool , Manchester , and Bristol . But it was at the Theatre Royal , Dublin , on De- cember 7 , 1831 , that he reached the high point of his tour . When Edmund Kean , the celebrated actor , saw Aldridge play ...
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... theatre . And , by May , 1847 , another serious factor arose which damned Aldridge even more in the eyes of prudish Victorian England : an Irish lady gave birth to his child , a boy whom he named Ira Daniel Aldridge . On learning about ...
... theatre . And , by May , 1847 , another serious factor arose which damned Aldridge even more in the eyes of prudish Victorian England : an Irish lady gave birth to his child , a boy whom he named Ira Daniel Aldridge . On learning about ...
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Courtesans and Blackamoors | 5 |
Bread and Liberty in Old England | 12 |
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