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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He bent himself almost double so as to walk with hand - crutches . In that position he took up the entire width of the pave- ment . Toby's trick was to pretend to be exhausted whenever he ap- proached a house where he knew gin was in ...
He bent himself almost double so as to walk with hand - crutches . In that position he took up the entire width of the pave- ment . Toby's trick was to pretend to be exhausted whenever he ap- proached a house where he knew gin was in ...
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Consequently , black seamen domiciled in Britain were placed at a definite disadvantage . On the one hand their scale of pay by National Maritime rates from all United Kingdom ports meant " that their labour found no more favour in the ...
Consequently , black seamen domiciled in Britain were placed at a definite disadvantage . On the one hand their scale of pay by National Maritime rates from all United Kingdom ports meant " that their labour found no more favour in the ...
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Molotov cocktails , hand - made bombs , flaming rags soaked in petrol and lighted sticks were hurled through doorways and windows where black people lived . From that Sunday there was an uninterrupted , chaotic , senseless , repet- ...
Molotov cocktails , hand - made bombs , flaming rags soaked in petrol and lighted sticks were hurled through doorways and windows where black people lived . From that Sunday there was an uninterrupted , chaotic , senseless , repet- ...
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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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