Thread by @HumanRi56, This is for the racists who think there were no black or [...]

This is for the racists who think there were no black or non white people in Britain before the Windrush! This thread focuses mostly on black british history but also features people of north african descent. Links and photos are in order. Here we go!

Beachy Head Lady
https://thinkafrica.net/beachy-head-lady/

Ivory Bangle Lady
https://thinkafrica.net/ivory-bangle-lady/

African soldiers at Hadrians Wall
https://blackpresence.co.uk/black-romans-britain/

The black Tudors
https://www.blackhistorymonth.org.uk/article/section/author-and-historians/black-tudors-a-peak-into-the-lives-of-ten-people-of-the-african-diaspora-in-tudor-britain/

Francis Barber (1700s)
https://angelacobbinah.wordpress.com/2015/09/03/frances-barber-johnsons-servant-and-heir/

Bill Richmond (Britains first black sports star)
https://www.historyextra.com/period/georgian/who-was-black-terror-bill-richmond-slave-bare-knuckle-boxing/

Sarah Forbes (The Queens goddaughter)
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/osborne/history-and-stories/sarah-forbes-bonetta/

Jonathan Strong (no photo)
https://urc.org.uk/images/LOS/200419_Who_was_Jonathan_Strong.pdf

Olaudah Equiano (Abolitionist)
https://blackpresence.co.uk/olaudah-equiano/

John Blanke (Royal trumpeter)
https://www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-london/history-and-stories/john-blanke/#gs.tbxnox

Africans of the Scottish Royal Court (1400s) (No photo)
https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/africans-at-the-court-of-james-iv

Mary Seacole (Pioneering nurse and heroine)
https://www.maryseacoletrust.org.uk/learn-about-mary/

Joseph Emidy (Violinist)

Cesar Picton (Businessman)

Dido Elizabeth Belle (Daughter of Sir John Lindsay)

George Africanus (Entrepreneur, starting an employment agency for Africans)

https://historicengland.org.uk/research/inclusive-heritage/the-slave-trade-and-abolition/sites-of-memory/black-lives-in-england/working-lives/

Black communities, night life and interracial marriage in the 1700s. https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/blackhistory/work_community/relationships.htm

15000 black soldiers in WW1
https://www.blackhistorymonth.org.uk/article/section/bhm-heroes/how-black-soldiers-helped-britain-in-first-world-war/#:~:text=By%20the%20war's%20end%20in,Mesopotamia%20and%20parts%20of%20Europe.&text=By%20the%20end%20of%20the,killed%20or%20died%20of%20wounds).

More on the black Nightlife in 18th Century London with records. "Partying until 4 in the morning and no whites were allowed"

https://blackpresence.co.uk/black-dance-london-18thc/

More on the black Nightlife in 18th Century London with records. "Partying until 4 in the morning and no whites were allowed" https://blackpresence.co.uk/black-dance-london-18thc/

Ira Aldridge (Shakespearean Actor)

https://100greatblackbritons.com/bios/ira_aldridge.html

Black Loyalists in 18th Century London
https://blackpresence.co.uk/black-loyalists-in-18th-century-london/

Slave Graves Hidden in Plain Sight
https://blackpresence.co.uk/slave-graves/

Earlier in the thread I mentioned Francis Barber. The man in the video Cedric Barber is a direct descendant of Francis. Interracial marriage was common in 18th century England. So if you are white british you never know you may just have an ancestor that you weren't expecting!

This is by no means where the story ends and I shall keep adding to the thread but here is another interesting article that mentions a few things that I haven't mentioned so far. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18903391

Britain's first black community in Elizabethan London

The reign of Elizabeth I saw the beginning of Britain's first black community. It's a fascinating story for modern Britons, writes Michael Wood.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18903391

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