Posted on 02 March 2009. Tags: Black, Black British, Black History, Blacks, Books, Britain, British, England, English, equality, football, History, London, negro, Racism, reading lists, Seacole, slaves, society, University, War, Women

* 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 ...
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Posted on 28 February 2009. Tags: 19th Century, caribbean women, Crimean, England, Jamaica, nightingale, Nurse, Seacole, War


Mary Seacole is, without a doubt one of the unsung heroines of British History. She was one of the two famous women who aided British troops in the Crimea.
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