Staying Power by Peter Fryer
This book had been referenced by so many black British authors, so I immediately added it to my list, not knowing how extensive it was! The authors mentioned that if you truly want to know about the history of black…
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How the colonists used the Bible to justify slavery – Part 2
“We have been sent by this great God to ask you to leave your wicked ways and false Gods and turn to Him so that you may be saved when you die.” Things Fall Apart For those as curious as…
The Stockwell Six
“Our regret is that it has taken so long for this injustice to be remedied.” The relationship with the Police and people of colour never started on a good foot. In Southern America, 1903, white men were employed to ‘police’…
The Bristol Bus Boycott of 1963
Click below, if you prefer listening to the audio A ripple in history that was so powerful it caused the people of England to listen. A ripple so strong yet it wasn’t included within our school’s curriculum? I have a…
Black Caesar
September 19th is officially ‘Talk like a Pirate Day’. Who comes up with this for real haha! I’m not going to talk like a pirate, however I will tell you about Black Caesar. The notorious pirate who terrorised the seven…
Slavery and The Royal Navy
“You are to use every means in your power to prevent a continuance of the traffic in slaves.” Commodore Sir George Ralph Collier Slavery was one of Britain’s biggest earners, and there were many opposers in the country who did…
Statues Part 1
These past few months have been crazy to say the least. Following the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, there have been worldwide protests at the treatment of black people and the inequalities we face are also coming to…
East of Acre Lane – Alex Wheatle
“A violent oppressor only takes notes of violence, not words.” I find this quote very interesting as it represents two sides of a debate that I frequently have with friends when discussing the movement which is happening at the moment.…
Empire – Niall Ferguson
The sun never sets on the British Empire.John Wilson, Christopher North” Upon landing in America, Sir Francis Wyatt said “Our first work is expulsion of the savages to gain free range of the country”. The British coexisted with the Natives…
The Apprenticeship Laws 1832
When is a slave not a slave? When they are considered an apprentice! Around the 1830s, Great Britain had finally heard the campaigners and sided with the abolitionists. The government passed the bill to abolish slavery. SUCCESS! Some Brits understood…