Different approaches to black history

I usually get my ideas for posts about BBIH and its contents from external sources and recently received two such prompts. The Guardian ran an article on the teaching of black history where the questions, Did black immigrants come through Ellis Island? Were there...

Profiling Irish Crime in London, 1801-1820

British History in the Long eighteenth century seminar24 October 2012Adam Crymble (King’s College, London University)Profiling Irish Crime in London, 1801-1820Through a combination of close and distant reading of the online Old Bailey Proceedings in conjunction with...