Podcast HackBlack British HistoryBy HistoryExtra podcast, Charlotte Hodgman, Hannah Cusworth
In a Nutshell
In this October 2022 episode of the History Extra podcast, host Charlotte Hodgman speaks with historian Hannah Cusworth about the history of Black people in Great Britain.
Favorite Quote
If you're thinking about the Victorian era … there was a real desire at that time to show Britain as having Anglo-Saxon beginnings. And that all feeds into presenting Britain as a place of whiteness historically … that has probably played into why Black history has been ignored.
Hannah Cusworth
Introduction
The countries that make up Great Britain are often thought of as historically white societies, with people of color having only immigrated in recent years.
But there is archaeological evidence of the presence of people from the African continent in Great Britain dating back thousands of years.
Hannah Cusworth is a researcher and history education consultant working on her Ph.D. with the non-profit organization English Heritage.
In this October 2022 episode of the History Extra podcast, Cusworth speaks with host Charlotte Hodgman about the history of Black people in Great Britain, from the Roman Empire to the modern era.
Here are the 3 key insights from this Hack
- 1.There is evidence dating back 2,000 years for the presence of people of African descent in Great Britain
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