SuitabookRecovering overlooked histories
The book presents Black people as part of British history from Roman times onwards and asks why these histories were not always taught or recorded.
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David Olusoga - Author
Choose this for a visually supported introduction to Black British history that connects overlooked people and communities with larger questions about slavery, migration, war and how national histories are made.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceChoose this for a visually supported introduction to Black British history that connects overlooked people and communities with larger questions about slavery, migration, war and how national histories are made.
The book presents Black people as part of British history from Roman times onwards and asks why these histories were not always taught or recorded.
The book includes Jamaican people arriving with the Windrush in 1948 and describes their hope of making a new life in Britain alongside Britain’s shameful treatment of them.
Expect serious material, including kidnapping, enslavement, exploitative labour, war and shameful treatment of people arriving in Britain.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: some draft conclusions still depend on unresolved evidence.
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