Black Tudors: The Untold Story
- ISBN-10
- 178607396X
- ISBN-13
- 9781786073969
- Category
- Blacks
- Pages
- 384
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018-09-06
- Publisher
- Oneworld
- Author
- Miranda Kaufmann
Description
A transformative history - in Tudor times there were Africans living and working in Britain, and they were free
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