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• catalog abstract ""In Black London, Gretchen Gerzina shows how by the eighteenth century the work of all kinds of artists - Hogarth, Reynolds, Gillray, Rowlandson - as well as work by poets, playwrights and novelists, reveals to sharp eyes that not everyone in that elegant, vigorous, earthy world was white. In fact there were black pubs and clubs, balls for blacks only, black churches, and organizations for helping blacks out of work or in trouble. Many blacks were prosperous and respected: George Bridgtower was a concert violinist who knew Beethoven; Ignatius Sancho corresponded with Laurence Sterne; Francis Williams studied at Cambridge. Others, like Jack Beef, were successful stewards or men of business. But many more were servants or beggars, some turning to prostitution or theft." "Alongside the free black world was slavery, from which many of these people escaped. In particular, it was the business of kidnapping blacks for export to the West Indies that made Granville Sharp an abolitionist and brought the celebrated Somerset case before Lord Justice Mansfield. Those men are now heroes of human rights, yet Sharp probably did not believe in racial equality; and Mansfield, whose own much-loved great-niece was black, was so worried about property rights that he did all he could to avoid a judgment that would set blacks free." "The ties and conflicts of black and white in England, often cruel, often moving, were also complex and surprising. This book presents a fascinating chapter of history and one long in need of exploration."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b8605861.
• catalog coverage "London (England) History 18th century.".
• catalog created "1995.".
• catalog date "1995".
• catalog date "1995.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1995.".
• catalog description ""In Black London, Gretchen Gerzina shows how by the eighteenth century the work of all kinds of artists - Hogarth, Reynolds, Gillray, Rowlandson - as well as work by poets, playwrights and novelists, reveals to sharp eyes that not everyone in that elegant, vigorous, earthy world was white. In fact there were black pubs and clubs, balls for blacks only, black churches, and organizations for helping blacks out of work or in trouble. Many blacks were prosperous and respected: George Bridgtower was a concert violinist who knew Beethoven; Ignatius Sancho corresponded with Laurence Sterne; Francis Williams studied at Cambridge. Others, like Jack Beef, were successful stewards or men of business. But many more were servants or beggars, some turning to prostitution or theft." "Alongside the free black world was slavery, from which many of these people escaped. In particular, it was the business of kidnapping blacks for export to the West Indies that made Granville Sharp an abolitionist and brought the celebrated Somerset case before Lord Justice Mansfield. Those men are now heroes of human rights, yet Sharp probably did not believe in racial equality; and Mansfield, whose own much-loved great-niece was black, was so worried about property rights that he did all he could to avoid a judgment that would set blacks free." "The ties and conflicts of black and white in England, often cruel, often moving, were also complex and surprising. This book presents a fascinating chapter of history and one long in need of exploration."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-233) and index.".
• catalog description "Paupers and princes : repainting the picture of eighteenth-century England -- High life below stairs -- What about women -- Sharp and Mansfield : slavery in the courts -- Black poor -- End of English slavery.".
• catalog extent "xii, 244 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Black London.".
• catalog identifier "0813522595 (alk. paper)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Black London.".
• catalog issued "1995".
• catalog issued "1995.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press,".
• catalog relation "Black London.".
• catalog spatial "England London".
• catalog spatial "London (England) History 18th century.".
• catalog subject "305.896/0421/09033 20".
• catalog subject "Africans England London History 18th century.".
• catalog subject "Blacks England London History 18th century.".
• catalog subject "DA676.9.B55 G47 1995".
• catalog tableOfContents "Paupers and princes : repainting the picture of eighteenth-century England -- High life below stairs -- What about women -- Sharp and Mansfield : slavery in the courts -- Black poor -- End of English slavery.".
• catalog title "Black London : life before emancipation / Gretchen Gerzina.".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".