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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There was yet another way in which slaves quite often obtained formal manumission : through their masters ' wills . Even so , although a master could provide in his will that after his death his black servant was free , this act did not ...
There was yet another way in which slaves quite often obtained formal manumission : through their masters ' wills . Even so , although a master could provide in his will that after his death his black servant was free , this act did not ...
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In that letter Barber wrote : Soon after the death of my master , I made a journey to Lichfield in order to take a house , at which time I took the ring with an intent to present to Mrs. Porter , being her mother's wedding ring ...
In that letter Barber wrote : Soon after the death of my master , I made a journey to Lichfield in order to take a house , at which time I took the ring with an intent to present to Mrs. Porter , being her mother's wedding ring ...
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The Bath Journal summarized the general opinion of young Bridgtower's talent : The amateurs of music in this city received on Saturday last at the New Rooms the highest treat imaginable from the exquisite per- formance of Master ...
The Bath Journal summarized the general opinion of young Bridgtower's talent : The amateurs of music in this city received on Saturday last at the New Rooms the highest treat imaginable from the exquisite per- formance of Master ...
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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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