TY - BOOK AU - Olusoga,David TI - Black and British : : a short essential history SN - 9781529063394 PY - 2020/// CY - London PB - Macmillan Children's Books KW - AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP KW - RACE KW - RACE RELATIONS KW - UNITED KINGDOM N2 - A short, essential introduction to Black British history for readers of 12+ by award-winning historian and broadcaster David Olusoga. When did Africans first come to Britain? Who are the well-dressed black children in Georgian paintings? Why did the American Civil War disrupt the Industrial Revolution? These and many other questions are answered in this essential introduction to 1800 years of the Black British history: from the Roman Africans who guarded Hadrian’s Wall right up to the present day. This children's version of the bestseller Black and British: A Forgotten History is Illustrated with maps, photos and portraits" ER -