Black Americans in Victorian Britain

The first study of its kind, exploring the experiences of some of the black American citizens who ventured forth to Britain in the nineteenth century.

With the arrival of black Americans in Britain during the Victorian era, residents of villages, towns, and cities from Dorchester to Cambridge, Belfast to Hull, and Dumfries to Brighton heard about slavery and repression in the US, and learned of the diverse ambitions and achievements of black Americans both at home and overseas. Across the ...