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Black British people are a multi-ethnic group of British people of either African or Afro-Caribbean descent.
- 2,381,724 (4.2%) (2021 census)
- 36,178 (0.7%) (2011 census)
- 11,032 (0.58%) (2021 census)
- 27,554 (0.8%) (2021 census)
- The Ivory Bangle Lady. University of Reading. Research from the University of Reading in 2010 showed a British-Roman woman in York, whose remains were found in 1901, had African ancestry.
- Henry VIII's black trumpeter. John Blanke can be seen on a roll from the 1500s at the National Archives. During the Tudor period there were hundreds of black migrants living in England.
- Britain's first black Queen? Royal Collection Trust. Portrait of Queen Charlotte by Johan Joseph Zoffany. She was a princess from Germany who became a British Queen after marrying King George III - and many historians believe Queen Charlotte had African ancestry.
- 'Hidden in plain sight' Many streets in Glasgow city centre are named after slave-owning plantation owners. Queen Charlotte, whether she had African ancestry or not, joined the Royal Family in the century when Britain started slave-trading - which made it vastly wealthy.
Due to the nature of our records, the term ‘black British history’ in this context refers to records relating to British citizens of African and African-Caribbean descent. Our research guide on...
Black British identity is the objective or subjective state of perceiving oneself as a black British person and as relating to being black British. Researched and discussed across a wide variety of mediums; the identity usually intersects with, and is driven by, black African and Afro-Caribbean heritage, and association with African diaspora ...
Nov 29, 2022 · Black British people of African descent are increasingly dominating British public consciousness. But they have a fascinating history too. The first sentence of Peter Fryer’s 1984 book Staying Power is unforgettable: “There were Africans in Britain before the English came here.”
- Tomiwa Owolade
Jun 7, 2021 · His book does its best to uncover that history, exploring the considerable presence of black people in Britain in the age of slavery, as well as the part played by black Britons in both world...
May 23, 2021 · A major national survey is launching to explore the evolution of Black British identities as part of a wider research project that has been described as the first of its kind.
