Gerzina (Vassar Coll.) has written a fascinating account of London blacks, focusing on the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Because of a paucity of sources from blacks themselves, Gerzina had to rely primarily on glimpses through white eyes, especially those of antislavery advocate Granville Sharp. Gerzina is quite adept at culling evidence of a rich, complex black life, with significant interaction (and intermarriage) with the white community. Although subjected to much discrimination, London blacks never suffered as much as their American counterparts. The author rightly concludes that blacks have played an important role in the life of London for much of its history. A very valuable work; highly recommended for major libraries.
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Gerzina (Vassar Coll.) has written a fascinating account of London blacks, focusing on the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Because of a paucity of sources from blacks themselves, Gerzina had to rely primarily on glimpses through white eyes, especially those of antislavery advocate Granville Sharp. Gerzina is quite adept at culling evidence of a rich, complex black life, with significant interaction (and intermarriage) with the white community. Although subjected to much discrimination, London blacks never suffered as much as their American counterparts. The author rightly concludes that blacks have played an important role in the life of London for much of its history. A very valuable work; highly recommended for major libraries.
Anthony O. Edmonds, Ball State Univ., Muncie, Ind.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Anthony O. Edmonds, Ball State Univ., Muncie, Ind.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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One morning in 1765, Granville Sharp literally fell over the man who would change the course of not only his life but also those of thousands of black people in England. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
black settlers, black loyalists Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
West Indies, Sierra Leone, Jack Beef, West Indian, Granville Sharp, Lord Mansfield, Francis Barber, The Gentleman's Magazine, Ignatius Sancho, Great Britain, Jonathan Strong, New York, Samuel Johnson, James Somerset, Navy Board, Abolition Committee, Covent Garden, Lord Mayor, Public Advertiser, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Thomas Lewis, Captain Thompson, Duchess of Queensberry, High Life, Nova Scotia New!
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One morning in 1765, Granville Sharp literally fell over the man who would change the course of not only his life but also those of thousands of black people in England. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
black settlers, black loyalists Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
West Indies, Sierra Leone, Jack Beef, West Indian, Granville Sharp, Lord Mansfield, Francis Barber, The Gentleman's Magazine, Ignatius Sancho, Great Britain, Jonathan Strong, New York, Samuel Johnson, James Somerset, Navy Board, Abolition Committee, Covent Garden, Lord Mayor, Public Advertiser, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Thomas Lewis, Captain Thompson, Duchess of Queensberry, High Life, Nova Scotia New!
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- A History of Sierra Leone (Modern Revivals in African Studies) by Christopher Fyfe in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Thoughts and Sentiments on the Evil of Slavery (Penguin Classics) by Quobna Ottobah Cugoano on page 210, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- St. Leon (Oxford World's Classics) by William Godwin on page 115, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Fair Exotics: Xenophobic Subjects in English Literature, 1720-1850 (New Cultural Studies) by Rajani Sudan on 4 pages
- Black British Writing by R. Victoria Arana on page 18, page 171, and page 176
- Customers and Patrons of the Mad-Trade: The Management of Lunacy in Eighteenth-Century London, With the Complete Text of John Monro's 1766 Case Book by Jonathan Andrews in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Modernism, the Visual, and Caribbean Literature by Mary Lou Emery in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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