Black London: Life Before Emancipation by Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina

Black London: Life Before Emancipation

Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina

256 pages first pub 1995 (editions)

nonfiction history race challenging informative slow-paced
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Gerzina (Vassar Coll.) has written a fascinating account of London blacks, focusing on the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Because of a paucity of sources from blacks themselves, Gerzina had to rely primarily on glimpses through white eyes, es...

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informative 92%
challenging 53%
inspiring 38%
reflective 38%
dark 23%
emotional 23%
hopeful 23%
sad 15%
tense 7%

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