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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Page 64
... authorities a couple of years later . Something had to be done to relieve the distress of blacks starving on the streets . Rather than amend the statutes so that parishes could take care of them , the Poor Law authorities decided to ...
... authorities a couple of years later . Something had to be done to relieve the distress of blacks starving on the streets . Rather than amend the statutes so that parishes could take care of them , the Poor Law authorities decided to ...
Page 71
... authorities in New York - where the defeated army had assembled and was awaiting shipment to Great Britain - found themselves faced with . two alternatives . They had either to break their promise to the Black Pioneers and return them ...
... authorities in New York - where the defeated army had assembled and was awaiting shipment to Great Britain - found themselves faced with . two alternatives . They had either to break their promise to the Black Pioneers and return them ...
Page 201
... authorities in Britain . In the case . of transport workers this was particularly true of Barbados . Hotels , too , have entered into agreements with West Indian authorities and have taken on increasing numbers of black workers , mostly ...
... authorities in Britain . In the case . of transport workers this was particularly true of Barbados . Hotels , too , have entered into agreements with West Indian authorities and have taken on increasing numbers of black workers , mostly ...
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Courtesans and Blackamoors | 5 |
Bread and Liberty in Old England | 12 |
Copyright | |
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