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Thread #76372   Message #1355457
Posted By: s&r
13-Dec-04 - 06:32 AM
Thread Name: Black Britons & Folk Music?
Subject: RE: Black Britons & Folk Music?
found this

British black population

1596-1601 Elizabeth I orders explusion of blacks from London.

1780-1830 Black population of London 5,000, Britain 10,000.

1914 Black population `several thousands'.

1955 Black population 100,000.

1960 Black and Asian population 250,000.

1990 Black and Asian population two and a half million.

Stu