African and Afro-Caribbean repatriation, 1919--1922 :
[Book]
black voices /
Jane L. Chapman.
Cham, Switzerland :
Palgrave Macmillan,
[2018]
1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Intro; Acknowledgements; Contents; Chapter 1 Interrogating Neglected Voices; Abstract; Approach; Racial Tension, Demobilisation, and Transnational Riots During 1919; Chapter Outlines; Contexts; Transnational Appeals; References; Chapter 2 Government Attitudes and Indirect Voices; Abstract; Pragmatism, Processes, and Procedures; Individual Challenges and Economic Consideration; Mixed Marriages; Chapter 3 Reactions and Minority Voices; Abstract; Challenging Procedures; Financial Entitlement and Work; Petitions; Mixed Marriages; Conclusion; Reference
Chapter 4 Repatriation Testimonies as Uncomfortable HistoryAbstract; References; Bibliography; Index
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This book is the first attempt to analyse records of people of Afro-Caribbean origin who appealed against repatriation during the painful period after Britain's 1919 race riots. Revealing personal letters and petitions from the West Indies, West Africa, and the UK, Jane Chapman demonstrates that conflict adjustment involving individual voices needs to be highlighted. She asks, what was the human environment, the dilemmas and the racist compulsions making transnational experiences in the British Empire so poignant? Analysing both the opinions of civil servants on appellants' statements of hardship and requests for financial help, and the voices of the appellants themselves, this book aims to rediscover black people's hidden heritage.
Springer Nature
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African and Afro-Caribbean repatriation, 1919--1922.
9783319688121
Blacks-- Great Britain.
Racism-- Great Britain-- History.
World War, 1914-1918-- Forced repatriation.
Blacks.
Emigration and immigration.
Race relations.
Racism.
Refoulement.
SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Minority Studies.
Great Britain, Emigration and immigration, History.
Great Britain, Race relations, History, 20th century.