Richard C. Maguire
Africans in East Anglia, 1467-1833
Africans in East Anglia, 1467-1833
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This book explores the lives of Africans in provincial England during the early modern period, examining their arrival, perception, and complex historical experience. It suggests that local understandings of religious status, class, and freedom influenced the initial response to Africans, and that they were able to join the working population through baptism, marriage, and work.
Format: Hardback
Length: 300 pages
Publication date: 16 August 2021
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
This book delves into the lives of Africans in provincial England during the early modern period, shedding light on their arrival, perception, and historical experiences. From 1467, when the first documented reference to an African in Norfolk and Suffolk emerged, to 1833, when Parliament voted to abolish slavery in the British Empire, the book explores the complexities of these Africans' historical journey.
Richard C. Maguire suggests that the initial regional response to arriving Africans was not solely defined by ideas related to skin color but rather by local understandings of religious status, class position, freedom and bondage, and immediate local circumstances. Arriving Africans had the opportunity to integrate into the region's working population through baptism, marriage, parenthood, and work. However, this response was challenged as local merchants and gentry began engaging with the slaving economy from the mid-seventeenth century onwards.
While racialized ideas underpinning Atlantic slavery altered the social circumstances of Africans in the region, the book argues that they did not completely displace older, more inclusive ideas within working communities. The book provides a rich and nuanced understanding of the lives of Africans in provincial England during this period, challenging prevailing narratives and illuminating the complex interplay of local customs, class structures, traditions, memory, and the impact of the Atlantic slaving economy.
Weight: 580g
Dimension: 163 x 240 x 23 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781783276332
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