Burial records for St. Olave, Tooley Street show that plague reached Reasonable Blackman’s parish in Southwark in July 1592. Southwark was particularly badly hit as it was a densely populated …
What evidence do we have for the life of Dederi Jaquoah? We know part of the story of Prince Dederi Jaquoah through an account by Edward Blitheman in July 1614. …
Now you’ve been introduced to Reasonable Blackman, we’ll look in more detail at the background to his story. This will allow us to examine some of the following questions: How …
Watch Michael Ohajuru and Miranda Kaufmann in conversation about Black presence in 16th century European Art. In this video Michael Ohajuru discusses the images of Africans in Europe by Albrecht …
So why was the Tournament held, what was its wider significance and what can it tell us about John Blanke’s life and experience? Here we expand on the previous step …
Dr Miranda Kaufmann and writer and art historian Michael Ohajuru discuss John Blanke the Trumpeter and the Westminster Tournament Roll in this video. In the discussion Miranda Kaufmann and Michael …
Watch Dr. Miranda Kaufmann in discussion with course contributor Wendy Lennon, a Fellow of the English Association and founder of Shakespeare, Race & Pedagogy. In the second part of the …
In this article, course contributor Wendy Lennon, a Fellow of the English Association and founder of Shakespeare, Race & Pedagogy, gives us an insight into the scholarship of ‘race’ in …
In this video narration, actor Paterson Joseph tells the story of Reasonable Blackman. Reasonable Blackman was an independent skilled silk weaver of African descent and a family man living in …
In this video narrated by actor Paterson Joseph, we introduce the story of Jacques Francis, a salvage diver from an island off the coast of West Africa. We know a …
To discover more about the background to Jacques Francis the salvage diver, watch this discussion with Professor Kevin Dawson, a historian specialising in Aquaculture in the African Diaspora. What do …
It’s likely that Edward Swarthye came to England with Sir Edward Wynter on the return of Drake’s voyage to the Caribbean in 1786, becoming a Porter in the Wynter household. …
Who were the free African people living in the Caribbean and South America? When Drake asked Diego how he could help him take Spanish gold and silver, Diego suggested to …
How do we know about the story of Diego and what are the original primary sources? A detailed account of the story of Sir Francis Drake and Diego appears in …
Records show that Africans living in Tudor England also arrived by a third route from the Spanish colonies in modern day Central America, South America and the Caribbean, or from …