Which group went on strike in 1889?
Indian seamen
Jewish tailors
Italian factory workers
Who were the 'Black loyalists'?
Black activists in the labour movement
Former slaves who fought for the British in the American War of Independence
Writers of autobiographies describing their enslavement
For what is Lionel de Rothschild famous?
He was the first Jewish Member of Parliament
He was the founder of an international news agency
He started a famous children's charity
What was the judge's decision in the James Somerset case?
That James Somerset could not be enslaved while living in Britain
That James Somerset could be enslaved while living in Britain
That James Somerset should be sent back to enslavement in the West Indies
Which community were the target of racist riots in the 1840s and 1850s?
Chinese seamen
Italian ice cream vendors
Irish Catholics
Who were the Lascars?
Irish railway builders
Asian merchant seamen
Which black Briton was a Chartist leader?
William Cuffay
William Davidson
Olaudah Equiano
Which English city received the largest number of Irish immigrants?
Glasgow
Liverpool
Leeds
For what was Samuel Coleridge-Taylor famous?
He was an Irish businessman
He was a German entrepreneur
He was a black British classical music composer
Who set up a 'Shampoo' house in Brighton?
Robert Wedderburn
Duleep Singh
Sake Dean Mahomed