A new edition of this pioneering account of England’s large black community in the C18th – from freed slaves to prosperous citizens. (First published 1995.)
Black England: A Forgotten Georgian History
£20.00
Edition:Hardback978139980488229/09/2022From a Bookshelf nearby
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Slaveowners were paid compensation to the equivalent of £340 billion from the public purse, which entrenched their power.
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As entertaining as it is fascinating: it turns out the poet's ancestors were quite an act to follow. (He did!)
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Bracing, perhaps, to be reminded that people lived through crises before. This is a fine account of a tense moment.
The Crown in Crisis: Countdown to the Abdication
Hardback £20.00