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Black Networking Group (Far South West of UK) New Web Site:- http://www.blacknetworkinggroup.org/
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NETWORKING:- In 1786, when a free black man called Henry Demane was kidnapped into slavery, it was Ottobah Cuggano (see below) who alerted Granville Sharp. Sharpe famously invoked English Law to rescue Demane. This unidentified painting in Exeter (below) is often wrongly thought to be that of Olaudah Equiano. The frontispiece of Equiano's autobiography is shown above. Compare the clothing. styles. Contemporaneous with Equanio could it be Demane?
BLACK FACTS 2000 "The overall UK employment rate is 74.6 per cent while the employment rate for visible ethnic minorities is 58.1 per cent." "Black people in Bristol are five times more likely to be stopped and searched than white people." "UK Ethnic Minorities are three times more likely to be homeless." "In the UK race attacks are almost ten times more likely to happen in rural areas."
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We know of a few indicative incidences of solidarity within London's eighteenth-century Black population. In 1773 two Black men were confined in Bridewell prison in London for begging. More than 300 black people visited them during their incarceration, and provided them with material support during their detention.
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"Back then, they demonised "coloured" immigrants Today they demonise "bogus" asylum seekers (tomorrow EEC nationals stealing our jobs). How can we change the terms of the debate?" |
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