Title: Black London
First published: 1995
Description: Black London, by Gretchen Gerzina, Kathe Tappe Vernon Professor of Biography at Dartmouth College, is a fascinating account of London blacks, focusing on the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Because of a paucity of sources from blacks themselves, Gerzina had to rely primarily on glimpses through white eyes, especially those of antislavery advocate Granville Sharp. Gerzina is quite adept at culling evidence of a rich, complex black life, with significant interaction (and intermarriage) with the white community. Although subjected to much discrimination, London blacks never suffered as much as their American counterparts. The author rightly concludes that blacks have played an important role in the life of London for much of its history.
Subjects: Africans, Blacks, History, London (england), history, Blacks, great britain, London (england), social conditions, Blacks, history, Black people
Places: England, London, London (England)
Time periods: 18th century
LC classification: DA676.9.B55 G47 1995