Black Americans in Victorian Britain / Jeffrey Green.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Green, Jeffrey P., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Black people--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Black people.

History.

Great Britain.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 193 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Barnsley South Yorkshire : Pen and Sword History, 2018.

Summary:

Black Americans informed the Victorian British and Irish about slavery and repression in the United States. Villages, towns and cities from Dorchester to Cambridge, Belfast to Hull, Dumfries to Brighton, also learned of their ambitions and achievements. Numerous publications were sold everywhere, and lectures were crowded. The refugees settled in Britain. Some worked as domestic servants, others qualified as doctors, wrote books, taught in schools, laboured in factories and on ships. The youngsters went to school.0This book documents refugees, settlers, and their families as well as pioneering entertainers in both minstrel shows and stage adaptions of the 1850s best-selling novel 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'. It offers new perspectives on both Victorian and Afro-America history.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Escape from these Regions of Wickedness p. 1

Chapter 2 Ellen and William Craft p. 17

Chapter 3 Children p. 28

Chapter 4 Minstrels and Uncle Toms Cabin p. 47

Chapter 5 Frauds and Impostors p. 57

Chapter 6 Canada p. 73

Chapter 7 Jubilee Singers p. 81

Chapter 8 Slavery Narratives p. 91

Chapter 10 The Length and Breadth of the Country p. 101

Chapter 11 The Temperance Movement p. 111

Chapter 12 Women p. 120

Chapter 13 Elusive Individuals p. 130

Chapter 15 Genealogical Trees do not nourish among Slaves p. 139

Chapter 16 What Happened Next? p. 141.

ISBN:

1526737590

9781526737595

OCLC:

1019653796

Publisher Number:

99978706869