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Indians and West Indians appeared in Brighton through their involvement in both world wars. In 1948 the SS Empire Windrush brought many West Indian immigrants to Britain, and in 1950…
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Young slaves were in demand as household servants. They were popular with officers from the slave ships and with West Indian planters and merchants who returned from the colonies. Little…
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It has been generally believed that some of our Neolithic predecessors were dark in complexion, as well as short. The Neolithic people lived on high grounds on Whitehawk Hill near…
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Knowledge of the bronze period is derived form the graves contents and bronze implements that are discovered, and the lack of flint implements found. During the Bronze Age the custom…
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Found in a merchant’s hoard at Black Rock Brighton. together with a blade, and a finger ring, and two oval bronze bracelets. Two more pairs of loops were found in…
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The Iron Age begins with the popularisation of the use of iron from the Middle East, about 500 B.C. by another wave of immigrants form the Continent, bringing with them…
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In 43 A.D. The Emperor Claudius of Rome sent an army to invade Britain. Roman Britain had begun. When the Romans invaded Britain they had to defend it against constant…
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During the later part of the Roman rule in Sussex, frequent raids were carried out by the Saxons, who eventually overthrow the Romans , thus large numbers of new settlers…
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Ralph holds Brighton from William. Brictric held it by gift of Earl Godwin. Before 1066 and now it answered for 5 1/2 hides.> Land for 3 ploughs. In Lordship ½…
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Brighton was known as ‘Bristelmestune’ as recorded in the Doomsday book, the first census? in England. The Domesday Book was commissioned in December 1085 by William the Conqueror, who invaded…
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During the reign of Henry VIII. The French landed at the Coast off Brighton and burnt the entire Town to the ground. The only building to survived the attack, was…
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The lord of the manor made over to the inhabitants of Brighton a piece of land on the shore for the building of a Block House or Small Fort. It…
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Brighton’s fishing fleet grew very rapidly during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558 and 1603). By 1580, Brighton fleet consisted of 80 boats, 400 fishermen and 10,000 fishing nets,…
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The Arms of the Blakers of Portslade, granted in 1616, depicts the side-facing heads of three Blackamoors – Negroes with African Hair. The family are mentioned in connection with Old…
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In 1651 when Charles’s invasion ended in defeat, the young Charles II stayed overnight in Brighton, at the Kings Head public house in West Street. According to the Sussex Archaeology…
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The talented 9 year old African violin prodigy George Polgreen Bridgetower was born in 1778, and died in London on February 29 1860. His father was an African prince who…
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During the 18th century the slave trade dominated the British economy. It supplied fashionable society with sugar, chocolate, coffee and tea to consume, American cotton cloth to wear and tobacco…
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The land on which the houses of the Royal Crescent now stand was sold for building purposes in 1789 to a West Indian named J. B. Otto Otto began by…
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Sake Dean Mahomed (1759-1851) grew up in India. He served in the English East India Company Bengal Army as a trainee surgeon. At age 25 he immigrated to Ireland in…
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In May 1826 a woman was put up for auction at Brighton market, with a halter around her neck. She was brought by a man for a sovereign and four…
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Frederick Ackbar Mahomed (grandson of Sake Dean Mahomed) was born in Brighton on 11th April 1849 at No.2 Black Lion Street, East Cliff, Brighton. He went to private school in…
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Mary Seacole the Black nurse visited Brighton and mentions it in her book, saying that the Journey across Panama by train was as smooth as the journey from London to…
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Asian immigrants were beginning to be noted in London in the 1780s. Lascar seamen were being press-ganged onto ship crews in India and then abandoned in London. The law obliged…
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There were a number of Black soldiers with the 10th Hussars (the Regent’s favourite regiment) who were stationed in Brighton during the Regency period. One of whom – William Afflick…
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Sarah Forbes Bonetta was captured and later given to Queen Victoria who, impressed by the girl's natural regal manner and exceptional intelligence, was pleased to give her sanction to be married…
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T.M.S.Highflyer's restored grave Brighton celebrates life of African slave boy - 20th June 2018 148 years after his death, a special service took place to honour Thomas M.S. Highflyer, an…
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Today two Memorials exist in Brighton to commemorate the Indian soldiers that passed through the Brighton hospitals during the First World War 1914 - 1918. The First is the gateway…
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Very early on in World War I it was apparent that the allies did not have enough forces to cover all the areas of fighting - for example in North…
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Men from the West Indies arrived in Sussex preparing to defend and die for our freedom and liberty, fighting side by side with British soldiers. Between October 1915 and March…
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Early in 1921 work began on a new gateway to the Pavilion grounds. A gift of the Princes and people of India, the gateway was to serve as a permanent…
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The Chattri is a memorial on the Sussex South Downs to Indian soldiers who died whilst in Brighton during the First World War. Hindu and Sikh soldiers who died whilst…
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The Emperor of Ethiopia visited Brighton & Hove whilst exiled in Britain. During Italy's occupation of Ethiopia between 1936-1941 Haile Selassie was forced into five years of exile in Britain,…
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To the memory of all Indian soldiers who gave their lives for the King-Emperor in the Great War, this monument, erected on the site of the funeral pyre where Hindus…
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It is 2017, and with the coming of a brand new New Year comes the sad news of the death of a prominent BME activist, Tam Framroze (1941-2017), resident of Brighton and…
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