When were the first Blacks in Britain ?

Answer 1

if you mean slaves. I think in the early 18th century. From the records i read we didnt abuse them as much as the yanks! But that was years ago. The Danes used the brits as slaves & so on & so on. We shouldnt forget these facts.

Answer 2

in July 1757, 175 ships with cargo of tobacco, sugar and cotton docked in British ports. The cargo, worth £210 million at today's prices is an example of the wealth accumulated by Britain through slavery and the slave trade.

Answer 3

Arroun 3 % of current day white Brit genes are from black decent. This comes from Roman days. All white Brits have some black forefathers, similar to many Africans that have english forefathers they dont know about, from abuse & rape during colonial invation.

Answer 4

The Moors were trading for copper from the islands over 2 thousand years ago.

Answer 5

good question! The earlies documented ones I've heard of were in Roman times; soldiers and presumably other people involved in empire (trade, administration, scholars, etc).

there could have been earlier ones; the question of recorded arrivals may be difficult.

Answer 6

not sure but i would say that cool jc is right.