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In Roman Britain women with African heritage being buried in esteemed burial sites with ivory bangles and other precious objects showing their deduced wealth and influence to have moved so far around the globe with such wealth in an age far before modern transport. By the later Middle Ages it was believed that there were people in Ethiopia with only one leg and foot and those with no heads but faces on their chests.

This introduction which has darted across the history of Britain to briefly highlight how and where connections to Africa, slave trade and individual black peoples/Britons have been omitted or adjusted has made me excited for the rest of the book. Wars named to hide their relation to the slave trade, a black sailor on Nelson’s column and the origin of the guinea and where the gold came from to name a few.

Happy Black History Month!
I’m taking the time to learn more about the long history between the black diaspora and Britain. I hope that there’ll be some inspiring events throughout this book but I know the majority like the history of Bunce Island will be saddening. Here’s to learning from the past so as not to make the same mistakes.