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Black England Gretchen Gerzina

Black England By Gretchen Gerzina

Black England by Gretchen Gerzina

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A powerful history of the forgotten lives of black Georgian Britain

Black England Summary

Black England: A Forgotten Georgian History by Gretchen Gerzina

'The classic book on Black people in Georgian London' DAVID OLUSOGA

'Deeply researched, lucidly written and utterly fascinating . . . If you ever thought Black British history started with Windrush, read this book' GREG JENNER

Georgian England had a large and distinctive Black community. There were special churches, Black-only balls, many became famous and respected. But all, whether prosperous citizens or newly freed slaves, lived under the constant threat of kidnap and sale to plantations. Black England tells their stories, bringing their triumphs and tortures to vivid life, revealing a dramatic forgotten chapter of our shared past.

'Black England taught me more history than I ever learned at school. Gretchen Gerzina tells it as it was, so we know how it is . . . a book that will be relevant for ever' BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH

Black England Reviews

In the 1990s, an assistant in a London bookshop informed the African American historian Gretchen Gerzina that there were no black people in England before 1945. Gerzina effectively disproved that assertion by going on to write the classic book on black people in Georgian London, Black England -- DAVID OLUSOGA * Guardian *

Wonderfully vivid, multifaceted and engrossing . . . this book brings history alive -- BERNARDINE EVARISTO

Black England taught me more history than I ever learned at school. This book helped me to understand the history that my generation are making now. To say that it is groundbreaking is stating the obvious. Black England is part of our canon. With books like this to guide us, we are unstoppable. Gretchen Gerzina tells it as it was, so we know how it is. Black England is a book that will be relevant for ever -- BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH

A classic that deserves to be read . . . indeed, needs to be read, Black England is deeply researched, lucidly written and utterly fascinating. If you ever thought Black British history began with Windrush, read this book - this is a story we should all know -- GREG JENNER

Gerzina brings the world of the Black Georgians to intriguing life, introducing us to the era's most fascinating individuals while placing them in the wider story of the struggle against enslavement. It is a treat to have a pioneer of the field bring together all the latest scholarship to tell this important part of British history for a wide audience -- MIRANDA KAUFMANN, author of Black Tudors

The admirable clarity of Black England should win it many admirers. Gerzina's book should take its rightful place alongside the work of her predecessors -- CARYL PHILLIPS
Black England is well-researched, with interesting quotes throughout and has a number of 'I didn't know that!' moments as Gerzina throws up surprising snippets of information, such as the existence of an entirely black brothel in London catering for the nobility . . . charting the progress of the anti-slavery moment in England, Gerzina highlights the mixed and often murky motives held by white abolitionists who are often less altruistic than might be expected. This is echoed in Zadie Smith's passionate and insightful foreword * Morning Star *

About Gretchen Gerzina

Gretchen Gerzina is the Paul Murray Kendall Chair in Biography, and Professor of English, at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She has been a tenured professor at Vassar College; Barnard College, Columbia University; and was the Kathe Tappe Vernon Professor of Biography at Dartmouth College where she was the first black woman to chair an Ivy League English Department. In addition, she was the Eastman Professor at Oxford University (Balliol College), Professor at Brunel University, and has directed three academic programs in African American Studies. She has written several acclaimed books including Carrington, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Mr and Mrs Prince and Black England. She was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Antiquarian Society, and appears often on radio and podcasts in Britain and America. She divides her time between Northampton, Massachusetts and Brooklyn, New York.

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NGR9781399804905
9781399804905
1399804901
Black England: A Forgotten Georgian History by Gretchen Gerzina
Gretchen Gerzina
New
Paperback
John Murray Press
2023-09-14
304
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