| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 193 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits |
| Contents |
Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Escape from these regions of wickedness -- Chapter 2: Ellen and William Craft -- Chapter 3: Children -- Chapter 4: Minstrels and Uncle Tom's Cabin -- Chapter 5: Frauds and impostors -- Chapter 6: Canada -- Chapter 7: Jubilee singers -- Chapter 8: Slavery narratives -- Chapter 9: Education -- Chapter 10: The Length and breadth of the country -- Chapter 11: The Temperance movement -- Chapter 12: Women -- Chapter 13: Elusive individuals -- Chapter 14: Postscript -- Chapter 15: Genealogical trees do not flourish among slaves -- Chapter 16: What happened next? -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Bibliography -- Index |
| 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. This 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-182) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record; online resource viewed Sept. 9, 2020 |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
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African Americans -- Great Britain -- Social life and customs
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Black people -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
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Refugees -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain.
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Refugees
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Emigration and immigration
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Black people
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African Americans -- Social life and customs
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African Americans
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century
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| Subject |
Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781526737601 |
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1526737604 |
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1526737590 |
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9781526737595 |
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