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Black Poppies : Britain's Black Community and the Great War - Stephen Bourne

Black Poppies

Britain's Black Community and the Great War

By: Stephen Bourne

eBook | 1 August 2014 | Edition Number 1

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In 1914 Britain was home to at least 10,000 black Britons, many of African and West Indian heritage. Most of them were loyal to the 'mother country' when the First World War broke out. Despite being discouraged from serving in the British Army, men managed to join all branches of the forces, while black communities contributed to the war effort on the home front.

By 1918 it is estimated that Britain's black population had trebled to 30,000, as many black servicemen who had fought for Britain decided to make it their home. It was far from a happy ending, however, as they and their families often came under attack from white ex-servicemen and civilians increasingly resentful of their presence.

Building on the outstanding success of the original 2014 edition, Stephen Bourne has fully revised and updated this seminal book with new first-hand accounts and original photographs. Black Poppies remains the essential guide to the military and civilian wartime experiences of black men, women and children, from the trenches to the music halls.

32 b/w illustrations

About the Author

Stephen Bourne is a leading expert on black British history. He has written for BBC History Magazine and is a regular contributor to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. He is the author of Mother Country: Britain's Black Community on the Home Front 1939-45 and The Motherland Calls: Britain's Black Servicemen and Women. He lives in London.
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