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 164
Brown claimed that there were no prospects for absorption of these children in " the responsible grooves of the general social order . " Secondary educa- tion and employment in industry or apprenticeship to trades were denied them .
Brown claimed that there were no prospects for absorption of these children in " the responsible grooves of the general social order . " Secondary educa- tion and employment in industry or apprenticeship to trades were denied them .
Page 166
It is well recognised that such social animosities depend not upon factual , bio- logical or cultural differences , but upon individual and community attitudes , not inherited , but consciously imposed or acquired .
It is well recognised that such social animosities depend not upon factual , bio- logical or cultural differences , but upon individual and community attitudes , not inherited , but consciously imposed or acquired .
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Not only the social amenities of the white man's country , but the best interests of the coloured people themselves are in issue . There is no reason for sentimentality in this matter . Let him who pleads the justice of the coloured ...
Not only the social amenities of the white man's country , but the best interests of the coloured people themselves are in issue . There is no reason for sentimentality in this matter . Let him who pleads the justice of the coloured ...
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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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