African and Caribbean People in Britain - A History mudlarks books Book illustration showing Pickle Herring

Book illustration showing Pickle Herring Street from 'London: a Pilgrimage' by Blanchard Jerrold and Gustave Doré

By the early 19th century

queer pioneers

The market supplies inner city butchers

South east view of Houses of Parliament from across Westminster Bridge

African and Caribbean People in Britain - A History mudlarks books Book illustration showing Pickle HerringDespite the best efforts of researchers and campaigners, there remains today a steadfast tendency to reduce the history of African and Caribbean people in Britain to a simple story: it is one that begins in 1948 with the arrival of a single ship, the Empire Windrush, and continues mostly apart from a distinct British history, overlapping only on occasion amid grotesque injustice or pioneering protest. Yet, as acclaimed historian Hakim Adi