Jeffrey is a historian
based south of London
Pages
- 001: “In Dahomey”, London – 1903
- 002: A letter from the League of Coloured Peoples, 1942
- 003: Abomah “the African Giantess” [modified 3 Mar 2010]
- 004: Alain Locke, black Rhodes Scholar at Oxford 1907-1910
- 005: Amy Barbour-James and the League of Coloured Peoples, 1942
- 006: Balmer’s “Kaffir Boys” in Britain
- 007: British West Indies Regiment graves in Sussex 1915-1916 [modified 11 Oct 2010]
- 008: Carrie, Gertrude and Grace Grenfell: children of missionaries in the Congo [modified 5 May 2010]
- 009: Colwyn Bay’s African Institute: 1889-1912
- 010: Dr James Samuel Risien Russell (1863-1939) [modified 6 March 2013]
- 011: Dr John Alcindor (1873-1924)
- 012: Duse Mohamed, actor, editor, author: London 1912
- 013: Edmund T. Jenkins of the Royal Academy of Music
- 014: Gwendolen (Avril) Coleridge-Taylor 1924
- 015: Joe Deniz, Cardiff-born jazz guitarist 1913-1994
- 016: John Barbour-James (1867-1954) # 1
- 017: John Barbour-James (1867-1954) # 2
- 018: Ras Prince Monolulu, racing tipster 1881-1965 [amended 31 Oct 2010]
- 019: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Composer
- 020: Sarah Forbes Bonetta around 1851
- 021: Sir Samuel Lewis (1843-1903)
- 022: Six Congo pygmies in Britain 1905-1907
- 023: Ted Vass and a Zeppelin raid, London 1915
- 024: The commerce raider “Emden” and Jamaica in World War One
- 025: The death of Dr John Alcindor, 1924
- 026: The families of Joseph Jackson Fuller of Jamaica, Africa and England [modified 6 Dec 2010]
- 027: The Jamaican choir in Britain 1906-1908
- 028: The Johnsons of Bournemouth 1894-1928
- 029: The London family of William Hoffman(n) 1867-1941
- 030: Three memorials to the 1914-1918 war in Africa
- 031: Working with Paul Robeson in “Sanders of the River” 1934
- 032: Zambians in Britain, 1902
- 033: Leslie Thompson “Swing from a Small Island”
- 034: Dr J. J. Brown of Hackney (1882-1953)
- 035: An American band in London, 1914
- 036: Exhibiting Africa in imperial capitals
- 037: Mr Sargent of Thurston’s fair, 1906
- 038: Uncle Tom and the Chinese laundryman
- 039: Benjamin Curzerpursong, actor playing Uncle Tom: 1903
- 040: A black childhood in Wigan, 1906-1920
- 041: A London Colour Bar, 1903
- 042: Jack Johnson, boxing champion in Britain 1911
- 043: Eddie Manning “the dope king” of 1920s London
- 044: “Black Joe”, a novel from 1931
- 045: Borwick’s Baking Powder advertised 1890s
- 046: Four West Africans in Keston, Kent, 1873
- 047: Black clergyman in Oxfordshire, 1907
- 048: George W. Christian, Liverpool merchant in Africa
- 049: Eugene McAdoo’s jubilee trio in Britain [amended 21 Dec 2010 and 6 Jan 2012]
- 050: Paul Laurence Dunbar in England
- 051: The African President’s widow in London
- 052: Dr Arthur Bennett and “Umckaloabo”, 1914-1915
- 053: Black London, 1895
- 054 : Exhibits or entertainers? Some black children in Britain 1870s-1910s
- 055 : Black London, 1890 [amended Dec 2010 and Feb 2012]
- 056: Black London, 1874-1875
- 057: Black London, 1882
- 058: Sussex graves of two British imperialists
- 059: A black family in rural Surrey in the 1850s
- 060: Black London, 1880
- 061: Black Britain, 1869
- 062: Black Britain, 1870
- 063: Moses Wallace, the African Prince, 1869
- 064: The Black Preacher, 1885-1886
- 065: The sinking of the “Falaba”, March 1915
- 066: Lieutenant Reginald Collins of Jamaica
- 067: “Men of Colour” and London’s public transport, 1900-1932
- 068: Roland Hayes in London 1920-1921
- 069: Black Britain, March-May 1897
- 070: A ‘Jazz’ Enigma, 1898
- 071: A postcard of a “Nobody” – Charles Pooter?
- 072: S. Morgan Smith, the black actor 1832-1882 [modified 14 Sep 2010]
- 073: Somalis in Bradford, 1904
- 074: Uncle Tom’s Cabin shows
- 075: Horace Weston, 1825-1890
- 076: Black Britain, 1858
- 077: Black Britain, 1859
- 078: Charles Garnett of the League of Universal Brotherhood
- 079: Seaman John Brown of HMS Cossack, 1855
- 080: Chang the Chinese giant, died Bournemouth 1893
- 081: Dr William Peter Powell, 1834-1916
- 082: ‘Coloured’ actors and actresses in late Victorian London
- 083: Coleridge-Taylor – new biographies, 2011 and 2012
- 084: Black animal trainers in late 19th century Britain
- 085: The Jubilee Singers of Wilmington, North Carolina
- 086: Sergeant William Dobson of the 72nd Highlanders
- 087: The Zulu, the Bishop and the dregs of Worcester, 1851
- 088: Why Thomas Allen was hanged in Swansea, April 1889
- 089: The Great Hindu Snake Charmer, 1879-1885
- 090: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and the church
- 091: “Coloured men sentenced to death” 1899-1905
- 092: Living souvenirs from 19th century Africa
- 093: Black women in Britain 1850-1897
- 094: Charles Dickens, Fagin and Henry Murphy, 1834
- 095: A German view of imperialism in Africa, 1904
- 096: An African diplomat in London, 1905
- 097: John Mandombi, London 1890
- 098: Amazon Warriors from Dahomey, 1893
- 099: African Heirs, 1887-1892
- 100: Crossing sweepers in 19th century England
- 101: Blacks and the Salvation Army in England, 1880-1892
- 102: The Vengeance of Annie Gross, 1912
- 103: Maharajah Duleep Singh 1838-1893, a Victorian tragedy
- 104: John Sayers Orr, preaching against popery 1854-1855
- 105: ‘Bogus coloured choristers’, jubilee singers, and a thief: 1890
- 106: African Americans in Britain 1850-1866
- 107: John Anderson, “so famous a year or two ago” (1862)
- 108: “Mutiny of Blacks in the Mersey”, 1857
- 109: Paul Robeson and Britain’s secret service 1933-1950s
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