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 244
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 , and to enforce it ; and to do so , moreover , without ...
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 , and to enforce it ; and to do so , moreover , without ...
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Already in that year a group of twelve Labour M.P.s led by Fenner Brockway ( later Lord Brockway ) had made an abortive attempt when they sponsored a private member's bill to make illegal “ discrimination to the detriment of any person ...
Already in that year a group of twelve Labour M.P.s led by Fenner Brockway ( later Lord Brockway ) had made an abortive attempt when they sponsored a private member's bill to make illegal “ discrimination to the detriment of any person ...
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But the primary motive for the bill was not immediate or wholesale prosecution of any act of discrimination brought to the notice of the law . Its purpose was to declare discrimination wrong in principle and to throw the weight of ...
But the primary motive for the bill was not immediate or wholesale prosecution of any act of discrimination brought to the notice of the law . Its purpose was to declare discrimination wrong in principle and to throw the weight of ...
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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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