Exploring the Existence of Black Aristocracy in the UK During the Tudor/Stuart Period
Exploring the Existence of Black Aristocracy in the UK During the Tudor/Stuart Period
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The Emergence of Black Elite Society in the USA & UK & Africa
Introduction
The request for the subject of this podcast came from a Subscriber to the channel. The Subscriber had heard and read about some tales of the existence of people of colour during that period, but as I also found out from my short research, and using a phrase used by the present British Royal Family, when a situation is uncomfortable to talk about or to admit that a particular situation or approach to people of colour moving in such circles, the phrase “recollections may vary” seemed to be prevalent in the limited research material I could find.
This weeks podcast highlights and gives examples of non white people living in Tudor and Stuart times in the UK, and who were not yet classed as slaves. People of colour were part of the population, mainly living in the...