2007-12-20 02:41:35 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
It's just the BBC being pc again.
2007-12-20 02:45:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
Yes.
Not as slaves, though. Any slaves had been freed in 1773 (not 1833, which was the British Empire territories) by Lord mansfield's legal decision. Parson Woodforde met a black man travelling around in Norfolk in the 1780s. Dr Johnson had a black servant named Francis Barber, whose white wife gave him 'some Othello trouble'.
London, Bristol and Liverpool had black communities. In fact, if we can go back to fiction, it could be that Heathcliff is Earnshaw's son by a black or mixed race mistress in Liverpool.
2007-12-20 03:24:21 · answer #2 · answered by gravybaby 3 · 6⤊ 0⤋
yes there were black people living in the u.k. during the days of oliver twist.
at this time it was rare to see a black person in the uk, but they were here.
I just want to answer your question withoutb giving you any opinions or a documentary.
2007-12-20 04:56:15 · answer #3 · answered by meditation and mango juice 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. There would have been African slaves who came over with the Romans, and the slave trade in the the second millenium would have ensured there were some in Britain. There also seems to have been an influx of people from Northern Africa before the Romans came.
2007-12-20 04:02:56 · answer #4 · answered by grayure 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
There has been a Black presence in Britain since Roman times.
2007-12-22 05:23:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2007-12-20 02:44:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course there were.
The majority of slaves in UK were black.
Although slavery had been abolished back in 1808, they had no way to return to their own country.
So, yes there would have been black people in the UK
2007-12-20 23:43:04 · answer #7 · answered by i_am_jean_s 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There have been Africans in Britain dating back for 1800 years. If you mean due to slavery, it was abolished in 1833. Even the Queen of England admits to having some African ancestry. look it up
2007-12-20 02:58:33 · answer #8 · answered by menyon 1 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Yes, there had been black people for hundreds of years before that time in all sorts of occupations
2007-12-20 02:48:56 · answer #9 · answered by Ellie 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course there were, but the black Nancy is just the Beeb being pc, however it makes no difference does it, grow up.
2007-12-20 04:13:43 · answer #10 · answered by dpboorman 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The was a black court trumpeter in a painting of either Henry VIII or Eilzabeth I, so I think you can safely assume they were here in Dickens time.
2007-12-20 02:50:34 · answer #11 · answered by John W 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋