Talk:History of African presence in London

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''African as a noun? surely that's not appropriate... Paulbrock 01:16, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
 * (page now moved) Paulbrock 15:42, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

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Africans in London or England?
It might be interesting to mention that Africans had been brought to England/Scotland long before the 1600s and had already integrated into society. The Romans brought a garrison of Africans to help fight at Hadrian's Wall and then left them there. They might have also been used to mine resources.

But were they black in the sense of looking like Usain Bolt? They would have been North Africans rather than sub-Saharan Africans. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.197.156.95 (talk) 16:45, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

Likely mistyping
Google finds South bark bridge only in this article. Should bark be bank? Though what does South bank bridge mean? Is Southwark bridge better?--SilasW 15:32, 9 June 2007 (UTC) - I'm pretty sure it's Southwark Bridge, I remember reading something about it.--Lopakhin (talk) 16:51, 4 January 2008 (UTC) (edited)


 * Most likely. So why not confirm it and make the edit then? --Wally Tharg (talk) 21:34, 4 October 2013 (UTC)

Poor quality
This articles is of such poor quality, especially the language. It is, quite frankly, terribly written. —Preceding unsigned comment added by HSDR (talk • contribs) 21:46, 30 June 2008 (UTC)


 * The title isn't great to start with. 'History of black people in London' might be better or 'Black immigration to London'.  The first line could do with expanding a bit. --Lopakhin (talk) 10:54, 18 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Agreed, but this articles (sic!) belongs to all of us. Rather than just complaining, why not put in some effort and improve it? --Wally Tharg (talk) 21:34, 4 October 2013 (UTC)

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400 not 4,000
"In 1787 4,000 Blacks were transported from London for resettlement to the colony of Sierra Leone with help from the Committee for the Relief of the Black Poor."

Just cross checked this with the wiki page on the Committee for the Relief of the Black Poor.

The correct number would appear to be 400 not 4,000. Moreover the word 'transported' is misleading since it implies forced removal. The resettlement in Sierra Leone was voluntary.

The sentence would better read:

"In 1787 around 400 poor blacks from London were voluntarily resettled in the colony of Sierra Leone with help from the Committee for the Relief of the Black Poor." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.150.38.110 (talk) 11:13, 31 December 2020 (UTC)


 * Agreed, I came to fix an ISBN error with the previous reference, but it looked like it had nothing to do with the topic, and had no page number. I've replaced it with a verifiable journal article where it says 441 left London. A different number left Plymouth, and unfortunately a very different number arrived in Sierra Leone. Those details can be seen on the Committee for the Relief of the Black Poor article. Salpynx (talk) 20:31, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

Article contents already captured (better) in article Black British people ?
AH crap, I just spent a couple of hours researching, updating and citing, before realizing that this page should probably be flagged for deletion in favour of Black British People which captures the history much more thoroughly anyway. Doh! Not sure how to flag it for deletion so someone else should feel free. Spaceanddeath (talk) 00:00, 3 July 2021 (UTC)