Skilled workers or marginalized poor? The African population of the United Kingdom, 1812–52

Duffield, Ian

doi:10.1080/02619288.1993.9974819

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“…Most of the men of color in England came as a result of work in the merchant marine if they were in the lower classes, and they clustered in port cities such as Cardiff, Liverpool, and London (Halliday 1992, pp. 1-57;Duffield 1994;Green 1998). Higher-class men came as students, tourists, or diplomats and were more evenly distributed around the country (Lahiri 2000, pp.…”

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‘Vindictiveness on Account of Colour’?: Race, Gender, and Class at the English Divorce Court, 1872–1939

Frost

2020

Genealogy

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This article uses 116 divorce or separation cases involving people of color between 1872 and 1940 to interrogate the role of the state in adjudicating racially mixed marriages in Britain. These examples demonstrate the rising population of imperial subjects within the U.K., but also that marital cases could reverse in-migration, due to embarrassment and expense for all parties. In addition, gender and class factors limited the impact of race in the court. Men’s advantages in bringing cases overcame some racial prejudices, and rich men, whatever their color, could hire effective representation. Race only impacted divorce cases when women could play on stereotypes of violent men, or when men of color were co-respondents and thus broke up homes. Still, the number of undefended cases limited the influence of race in most divorce suits.

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Section: The Samplementioning

confidence: 99%