Tag Archive | "negro"
Posted on 27 July 2011. Tags: Aquitted, Courts, Covent Garden, Jeffery Morat, Murat, Murder, Old Bailey, William Bosham, black constable, negro, thomas Latham

When searching the Records for The evidence of Early Black settlers in Britain. Evidence is to be found everywhere. It just needs searching out. the Old Bailey Website is an excellent source of records for evidence of Black people, living in Britain before the 20th Century.
Here are some examples.
Black people in the Old Bailey
William Bosham ...
Posted in Black Britain, Black History, Black History Month, Education, Europe, Law and Order, Men
Posted on 29 July 2010. Tags: Crime, John guy, Law and Order, Mary Gunnis, Old Bailey, Thomas Robinson, Tower Hill, court records, negro

Part of the Myth that black people have only been living in Britain since the 1950's has been due to the general inaccessible nature of public records to the masses. In today's modern world, more and more records are becoming available to people online. The Old Bailey Online site is one such resource ...
Posted in Africa, Black Britain, Black History, Community, Education, Europe, Law and Order, Men
Posted on 30 March 2009. Tags: 12 Things The Negro Must Do, Africa, American, Americas, Blacks, Business, Community, Education, Investment, Nannie Helen Burroughs., Washington, Women, children, negro, race, schools, segregation, self improvement

Found an Interesting post today called
12 Things The Negro Must Do – How Not To Become Scapegoats For Degenerate Black Community Behavior.
It was written in around the turn of the last century by a woman called Nannie Helen Burroughs.
Nannie Helen Burroughs - Nannie Helen Burroughs (1879-1961) was an educator, orator, religious leader and businesswoman who ...
Posted in African American, Community, Men, Politics, Racism, Slavery, The Americas, Women
Posted on 07 March 2009. Tags: Black, Black History, Britain, Discrimination, Economics, History, London, News, Politics, Troops, War, negro, writing

For instance, a British soldier writes to complain that in an English port part of a well-known restaurant is barred to "coloured troops". ?He says that the employees of the restaurant disliked discriminating against coloured soldiers, and that a group of British soldiers near said what they thought about colour prejudice.
He adds that his unit ...
Posted in African American, Black Britain, Black History Month, Europe, War
Posted on 06 March 2009. Tags: Africa, Africa, Africans, America, American, Americas, Black, Black History, Blacks, Books, Britain, British, Canada, Caribbean, Caribbeans, Community, Doctors, Egypt, Europe, Events, Exodusters, France, Guyana, Halifax, Health, History, Illegal, Kansas, Knights, Military, Music, News, North America, Notices, Parties, Personalities, Police, Prison, Racing, Racism, Racist, Trade, War, Washington, Women, children, farming, football, kids, negro, notice, president, race, schools, segregation, slaves, society, stories, street, violence

Black Canadians in Canada:
Total Population of Canada: 30+,000,000
Number of Black People living in Canada: 670,000
Percentage of Canadian Population that's Black: 2%
Percentage of the Black Canadian Population living in:
- Toronto - 47%
- Montreal - 20%
- Ottawa - 6%
- Vancouver - 3%
- Halifax - 2%
Where Black Canadians ...
Posted in Politics, The Americas
Posted on 02 March 2009. Tags: Africa, America, American, Americas, Antigua, Army, Black, Black British, Blacks, Britain, British, Canada, Death, France, Hair, Health, Jamaica, Liverpool, London, Military, Moors, Navy, News, Nurse, Soldiers, Trade, Troops, Trumpet, Wales, War, Williams, equality, negro, senegal, slaves, surgeon


It would of course be easy to leave such men as
Posted in Africa, African American, Black Britain, Black History, Black History Month, Caribbean, Europe, War
Posted on 02 March 2009. Tags: Black, Black British, Black History, Blacks, Books, Britain, British, England, English, History, London, Racism, Seacole, University, War, Women, equality, football, negro, reading lists, slaves, society

* Staying Power-The History of Black people in Britain by Peter Fryer (Pluto Press 1984)
* Black England-Life before Emancipation by Gretchen Gerzina (John Murray,1995)
* Black Settlers in Britain 1555-1958 by Nigel File and chris Power (Heinemann,1981; reprinted 1995)
* Black Edwardians-Black people in Britain 1901-1914 by Jeffrey Green (Frank Cass 1998)
* Wonderful adventures of Mary Seacole ...
Posted in Black Britain, Books, Europe