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 218
... common law , defined as “ a fight of two or more persons in a public place to the terror of Her Majesty's subjects . " The Recorder in sentencing the men said : " By your con- duct you have put the clock back nearly three hundred years ...
... common law , defined as “ a fight of two or more persons in a public place to the terror of Her Majesty's subjects . " The Recorder in sentencing the men said : " By your con- duct you have put the clock back nearly three hundred years ...
Page 225
... common sense , decency and tolerance in this matter of race relations . " To the white mobs yelling murder and mayhem at every black man they saw , Rogers ' words ran like water off a duck's back . Yet the tenacious M.P. kept asking ...
... common sense , decency and tolerance in this matter of race relations . " To the white mobs yelling murder and mayhem at every black man they saw , Rogers ' words ran like water off a duck's back . Yet the tenacious M.P. kept asking ...
Page 244
... common and criminal law were relevant and adequate . " Second , members of Parliament held stoutly to the view that " discrimination was not a fit subject for legislation because it was difficult to draft an Act defining the offences ...
... common and criminal law were relevant and adequate . " Second , members of Parliament held stoutly to the view that " discrimination was not a fit subject for legislation because it was difficult to draft an Act defining the offences ...
Contents
Part | 3 |
Courtesans and Blackamoors | 5 |
Bread and Liberty in Old England | 12 |
Copyright | |
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