Georgian England had a large and distinctive Black community.
There were special churches,Black-only balls,many became famous and respected. But all,whether prosperous citizens or newly freed slaves,lived under the constant threat of kidnap and sale to plantations.
Black England tells their stories,bringing their triumphs and tortures to vivid life,revealing a dramatic forgotten chapter of our shared past.
Publisher: John Murray PressISBN: 9781399804905Number of pages: 304Weight: 240 gDimensions: 196 x 128 x 28 mm
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'In the 1990s,an assistant in a London bookshop informed the African American historian Gretchen Gerzina that there "were no black people in England before 1945". Gerzina effectively disproved that assertion by going on to write the classic book on black people in Georgian London,Black England.'- David Olusoga,The Guardian
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