Black People in the British Empire

Black People in the British Empire

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'Fantastic … the most important book on Black British history’ – Akala
Black People in the British Empire is a challenge to the official version of British history. It tells the story of Britain's exploitation and oppression of its subject peoples in its colonies, and in particular the people of Africa, Asia and Australasia
Peter Fryer reveals how the ideology of racism was used as justification for acquiring and expanding the Empire; how the British Industrial Revolution developed out of profits from the slave trade; and how the colonies were deliberately de-industrialised to create a market for British manufacturers.
In describing the frequency and the scale of revolts by subject peoples against slavery and foreign domination – and the brutality used in crushing them – Peter Fryer exposes the true history of colonialism, and restores to Black people their central role in Britain's past.
The follow-up to Peter Fryer's modern classic, Staying Power
'Fantastic … the most important book on Black British history’
–Akala, author of 'Natives' (Two Reads, 2018)
'As this sequel to Staying Power demonstrates so succinctly, there is no separate entity called 'black history’, just versions and perspectives that have been air-brushed out of the official narrative. Britain's history is littered with gaping holes – hidden histories and her-stories that have yet to be told or unearthed. In drawing our attention to the experience of countless subjugated people who were deemed part of its sprawling empire, Peter Fryer has shown, once again, that he has earned his credentials'
–Stella Dadzie, co-author of 'The Heart of the Race: Black Women’s Lives in Britain' (Virago, 1985), and winner of the the Martin Luther King Award for Literature
Peter Fryer (1927-2006) was a British writer and journalist, whose coverage of the arrival of citizens from the Caribbean onboard the HMT Empire Windrush led to a deep and long-lasting interest in the histories of Black Britons. In 1984, he wrote the classic book Staying Power: The History of Black People in Britain (Pluto, 2018).

Stella Dadzie is best known for her co-authorship of The Heart of the Race: Black Women’s Lives in Britain (Virago, 1985) which won the Martin Luther King Award for Literature. She is a founder member of OWAAD (Organisation of Women of African and Asian Descent), a national umbrella group that emerged in the late 1970s as part of the British Civil Rights movement. Her latest book is A Kick in the Belly: Women, Slavery and Resistance (Verso, 2020).

Foreword by Stella Dadzie 
Preface 
Introduction 
Part I: How Britain Became ‘Great Britain’
1. Britain and its Empire 
2. The Triangular Trade
3. India 
Plunder 
De-industrialization 
4. The Caribbean from 1834 
The Abolition of Slavery 
Indentured Labour 
Apprenticeship 
Britain’s ‘Tropical Farms’ 
5. Africa (Other Than Southern Africa) 
6. Territories of White Settlement 
Tasmania 
Australia 
New Zealand 
Southern Africa 
Indentured Labour 
7. Profits of Empire 
8. How Black People were Ruled 
9. The Empire and the British Working Class 
Part II: Racism 
10. The Concept of ‘Race’ 
11. Racism and Slavery 
12. Racism and Empire 
13. The Reproduction of Racism 
Historiography 
Children’s Books 
Part III: Resistance 
14. The Struggle against Slavery 
15. The Caribbean after Emancipation 
16. India 
Conclusion 
Notes and References 
Suggestions for Further Reading 
Index

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