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Untold Histories looks in detail at the experiences of the average black person in England and Wales during the period of the British slave trade, revealing information about sex ratios, ages, from where in the world they came and how they were treated by the criminal justice system.

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Introduction Section 1: Counting heads 1. The Black population of England and Wales 2. The Black population of London Section 2: Black People and the law 3. Free or enslaved? 4. Black people and the criminal justice system 5. Black people, settlement and the poor laws Section 3: Living and working in the wider community 6. Assimilation or integration? 7. Names and identity 8. Marriage and family 9. Working lives Bibliography Index

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: 9/30/2011 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719085970, 978-0719085970
      ISBN10: 0719085977

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Untold Histories looks in detail at the experiences of the average black person in England and Wales during the period of the British slave trade, revealing information about sex ratios, ages, from where in the world they came and how they were treated by the criminal justice system.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction Section 1: Counting heads 1. The Black population of England and Wales 2. The Black population of London Section 2: Black People and the law 3. Free or enslaved? 4. Black people and the criminal justice system 5. Black people, settlement and the poor laws Section 3: Living and working in the wider community 6. Assimilation or integration? 7. Names and identity 8. Marriage and family 9. Working lives Bibliography Index

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