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 79
That , too , turned out unhappily for the African . But , undaunted , he refused to give up , and applied to the Bishop of London to be sent as a missionary to Africa . As in the Sierra Leone Settlement project his re- quest was turned ...
That , too , turned out unhappily for the African . But , undaunted , he refused to give up , and applied to the Bishop of London to be sent as a missionary to Africa . As in the Sierra Leone Settlement project his re- quest was turned ...
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As his three pursuers closed in , he turned in desperation and flung himself into the doorway of a greengrocer's shop , turned , and slammed it shut . A moment later , the shopkeeper's wife . . . appeared in the doorway , locked the ...
As his three pursuers closed in , he turned in desperation and flung himself into the doorway of a greengrocer's shop , turned , and slammed it shut . A moment later , the shopkeeper's wife . . . appeared in the doorway , locked the ...
Page 267
He wrote an article in which he declared that " sentimentality has run riot , " and inferred that liberal - minded and left - wing groups in Britain are turning Britain into a black man's land . The following year Blagdon - Gamlen ...
He wrote an article in which he declared that " sentimentality has run riot , " and inferred that liberal - minded and left - wing groups in Britain are turning Britain into a black man's land . The following year Blagdon - Gamlen ...
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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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