Black and British: A Forgotten History-David Olusoga, 9781447299769

Name: Black and British: A Forgotten History-David Olusoga, 9781447299769
Brand: David Olusoga

David Olusoga

Title:. Black and British: A Forgotten History Condition: BRAND NEW. Format: Paperback. ISBN: 9781447299769 Overview:. David Olusoga’s groundbreaking narrative invites readers to reimagine British history as a shared, intertwined story. In Black and British: A Forgotten History, Olusoga surveys the long, complex relationship between the British Isles and the peoples of Africa and the Caribbean, weaving together archaeology, genealogical research, and archival records to illuminate moments where black lives have shaped Britain’s development—and, in turn, where British power and culture have touched Africa and the Atlantic world. The book travels from the humbling echoes of Roman Britain to the medieval imagination, through Elizabethan encounters with the ‘blackamoors,’ and into the brutal realities and legacies of the global slave-trading empire. It argues that Britain’s nineteenth-century industrial ascent rested on—and was inseparable from—slavery, while also celebrating the courage o...