Black People in the British Empire

The follow-up to Peter Fryer's modern classic, Staying Power

'Fantastic … the most important book on Black British history’ - Akala

Black People in the British Empire is a challenge to the official version of British history. It tells the story of Britain's exploitation and oppression of its subject peoples in its colonies, and in particular the people of Africa, Asia and Australasia

Peter Fryer reveals how the ideology of racism was used as justification for acquiring and expanding the Empire; how the British Industrial Revolution developed out of profits from the slave trade; and how the colonies were deliberately de-industrialised to create a market for British manufacturers.

In describing the frequency and the scale of revolts by subject peoples against slavery and foreign domination - and the brutality used in crushing them - Peter Fryer exposes the true history of colonialism, and restores to Black people their central role in Britain's past.

Foreword by Stella Dadzie
Preface
Introduction
Part I: How Britain Became ‘Great Britain’
1. Britain and its Empire
2. The Triangular Trade
3. India
Plunder
De-industrialization
4. The Caribbean from 1834
The Abolition of Slavery
Indentured Labour
Apprenticeship
Britain’s ‘Tropical Farms’
5. Africa (Other Than Southern Africa)
6. Territories of White Settlement
Tasmania
Australia
New Zealand
Southern Africa
Indentured Labour
7. Profits of Empire
8. How Black People were Ruled
9. The Empire and the British Working Class
Part II: Racism
10. The Concept of ‘Race’
11. Racism and Slavery
12. Racism and Empire
13. The Reproduction of Racism
Historiography
Children’s Books
Part III: Resistance
14. The Struggle against Slavery
15. The Caribbean after Emancipation
16. India
Conclusion
Notes and References
Suggestions for Further Reading
Index