Staying power : the history of black people in Britain / Peter Fryer ; foreword by Gary Younge ; introduction by Paul Gilroy.

First published in 1984.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / by Gary Younge -- Introduction / by Paul Gilroy -- Preface -- 'Those kinde of people': Africans in Britannia ; Africans in Scotland ; Africans in England ; Queen Elizabeth's response ; A Khoi-khoin in England -- 'Necessary implements': Sugar and slavery ; Chattels and status symbols ; Pageant performers -- Britain's slave ports: A profitable business ; The slave-merchants of Bristol and Liverpool ; London as a slave port: the West India lobby ; Competition ; Quality control ; Black people in the slave ports ; The slave ports' self-image -- The black community takes shape: Early black organizations ; Black people at work ; Asians in Britain ; Black musicians -- Eighteenth-century voices: Ukawsaw Gronniosaw ; Phillis Wheatley ; Ignatius Sancho ; Ottobah Cugoano ; Olaudah Equiano -- Slavery and the law: The legal pendulum ; Granville Sharp challenges the slave-owners ; The Somerset case ; Slavery and the Scottish law ; Mass murder on the high seas ; The Grace Jones case --

The rise of English racism: Race prejudice and racism ; The demonology of race ; Plantocracy racism ; Pseudo-scientific racism -- Up from slavery: The black poor ; Resistance and self-emancipation ; Abolitionists and radicals ; The black radicals ; The everyday struggle, 1787-1833 -- Challenges to empire: William Cuffay ; Mary Seacole ; Ira Aldridge ; Samuel Coleridge-Taylor ; Challenges from Asia ; The rise of Pan-Africanism ; Black workers and soldiers -- Under attack: Racism as riot: 1919 ; Claude McKay and the 'Horror on the rhine' ; Defence and counter-attack ; Racism as colour bar ; Racism as riot: 1948 -- The settlers: The post-war immigration ; Racism as riot: 1958 ; Surrender to racism -- The new generation: Born at disadvantage ; Police agaisnt black people ; Resistance and rebellion --

Appendixes: A. Letter from Olaudah Equiano to Thomas Hardy, 1792 ; B. Letter form William Davidson to Sarah Davidson, 1820 ; C. Letter from Robert Wedderburn to Francis Place, 1831 ; D. William Cuffay's speech from the dock, 1848 ; E. J.R. Archer's presidential address to the inaugural meeting of the African Progress Union, 1918 ; F. Birmingham, the metal industries, and the slave trade ; G. Eighteenth-century biographies ; H. Visitors, 1832-1919 ; I. Prize-fighters, 1791-1902 -- Notes -- Suggestions for further reading -- Index.

The classic history of black people in Britain, an epic story that spans the Roman conquest to the present day.