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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Page 211
Other national newspapers were less optimistic and less restrained ; they had picked up stories from white youths ( teddy boys ) that other such teddy boys far and near had invaded the district waiting for the next Saturday night .
Other national newspapers were less optimistic and less restrained ; they had picked up stories from white youths ( teddy boys ) that other such teddy boys far and near had invaded the district waiting for the next Saturday night .
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She was sitting sewing in her home , only twenty yards from the spot where Cochrane was stabbed to death . She said : When I saw what was happening , I tried to get downstairs . My mother stopped me as she had heard the boys call out ...
She was sitting sewing in her home , only twenty yards from the spot where Cochrane was stabbed to death . She said : When I saw what was happening , I tried to get downstairs . My mother stopped me as she had heard the boys call out ...
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Employers prefer white boys whose background they know . Some firms believe that coloured boys will not stick at their training or , if they do , that they will go back to their own country at the end of their courses .
Employers prefer white boys whose background they know . Some firms believe that coloured boys will not stick at their training or , if they do , that they will go back to their own country at the end of their courses .
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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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