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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The blacks seem to have taken quickly to English food and life . But , Lok said , " the colde and moist aire doth somewhat offend them . " From the time that such English merchants began taking part in the African Slave ...
The blacks seem to have taken quickly to English food and life . But , Lok said , " the colde and moist aire doth somewhat offend them . " From the time that such English merchants began taking part in the African Slave ...
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He had won decisively and should have been awarded the fight at that very moment , but Cribb's handlers rushed across the ring and began to wrangle , falsely accusing Molineaux of carrying lead weights in his fists .
He had won decisively and should have been awarded the fight at that very moment , but Cribb's handlers rushed across the ring and began to wrangle , falsely accusing Molineaux of carrying lead weights in his fists .
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This began to change by 1964 , as more and more black workers were learning skills . On the question of obtaining employment in Sheffield , blacks experienced little or no discrimination . Trouble began , as in most other British towns ...
This began to change by 1964 , as more and more black workers were learning skills . On the question of obtaining employment in Sheffield , blacks experienced little or no discrimination . Trouble began , as in most other British towns ...
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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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