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This volume examines the character and composition of the black population of Britain between 1780 and 1830, previous studies of which have been hampered by a lack of demographic evidence.
"Historical research on the Caribbean has tended to concentrate on the slave era. The long post-emancipation period, when local societies adjusted to the social and economic conditions of a free-labour force and the emancipated attempted to create a new life of their own, has no…
This volume examines the character and composition of the black population of Britain between 1780 and 1830, previous studies of which have been hampered by a lack of demographic evidence. Drawing heavily from data collected from parish registers, contemporary newspapers and jou…