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 15
... colonies . As a contemporary observer put it , they preferred " a crust of bread and liberty in Old England to slavery in the West Indies , " which carried with it manacles , whips , attack by fierce dogs , beatings , and death ...
... colonies . As a contemporary observer put it , they preferred " a crust of bread and liberty in Old England to slavery in the West Indies , " which carried with it manacles , whips , attack by fierce dogs , beatings , and death ...
Page 154
... colonies began in earnest . Instead of the two thousand men at first contemplated , 15,601 men eventually joined the British West Indies Regiment . King George V ap- proved the formation of the regiment on October 26 , 1915. The men who ...
... colonies began in earnest . Instead of the two thousand men at first contemplated , 15,601 men eventually joined the British West Indies Regiment . King George V ap- proved the formation of the regiment on October 26 , 1915. The men who ...
Page 186
... colonies rallied quickly to the call of " the Mother country . " Their contribution in men , supplies , and money was to be on a far larger scale than in World War I. In a surge of patriotic fervor , many West Indians made their way to ...
... colonies rallied quickly to the call of " the Mother country . " Their contribution in men , supplies , and money was to be on a far larger scale than in World War I. In a surge of patriotic fervor , many West Indians made their way to ...
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Courtesans and Blackamoors | 5 |
Bread and Liberty in Old England | 12 |
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