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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On Saturday , August 23 , 1958 , a fight started between a black man and a white man outside a public house called The Chase , at closing time . This alehouse was in a decaying district of Nottingham where between two and three thousand ...
On Saturday , August 23 , 1958 , a fight started between a black man and a white man outside a public house called The Chase , at closing time . This alehouse was in a decaying district of Nottingham where between two and three thousand ...
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Crowds of as many as four to seven hundred whites were involved in the fighting . The shouts of the white mobs of " nigger - hunters " sounded sharply against a background of row houses . " We'll kill the black bastards .
Crowds of as many as four to seven hundred whites were involved in the fighting . The shouts of the white mobs of " nigger - hunters " sounded sharply against a background of row houses . " We'll kill the black bastards .
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But nothing much happens , because the gangs don't stand and fight . When the first squad car comes , they scatter and make for somewhere else — and they all seem to know where . Police and reporters prowl round , guessing .
But nothing much happens , because the gangs don't stand and fight . When the first squad car comes , they scatter and make for somewhere else — and they all seem to know where . Police and reporters prowl round , guessing .
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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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