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 189
One black American wrote : The white girls all over Europe have fallen in love with the black soldier and many of them have cried worse than any American girl ever did when the boys move from a town that they have lived in .
One black American wrote : The white girls all over Europe have fallen in love with the black soldier and many of them have cried worse than any American girl ever did when the boys move from a town that they have lived in .
Page 204
In 1965 there was a disturbing increase in the number of cases among teenage white girls . ... The first gesture of hospitality to many a coloured man in this country has been a girl on his doorstep , offering her services for the night ...
In 1965 there was a disturbing increase in the number of cases among teenage white girls . ... The first gesture of hospitality to many a coloured man in this country has been a girl on his doorstep , offering her services for the night ...
Page 221
All white : age , sixteen to twenty ; quite a few of them girls , though I hear one lad tell his girl : " Will you bloody well stay there till we've finished ! " The darkness is bright with small , sudden fires , which burn harm- lessly ...
All white : age , sixteen to twenty ; quite a few of them girls , though I hear one lad tell his girl : " Will you bloody well stay there till we've finished ! " The darkness is bright with small , sudden fires , which burn harm- lessly ...
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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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