tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38419710.post5319137026120063707..comments2023-07-22T04:57:47.359-07:00Comments on earlymodernengland: Black Early Modern London: "Concrete Slaveship" or "Freedom Street"?balkanizationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08622158455459607866noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38419710.post-54711060927124758522016-09-21T09:01:18.364-07:002016-09-21T09:01:18.364-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12238853396836261552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38419710.post-80293738421036315642012-10-24T10:36:09.026-07:002012-10-24T10:36:09.026-07:00Great follow-up, and more proof of the difficultie...Great follow-up, and more proof of the difficulties for the textbook writer, I suppose. If that is the case for the late 18th century, perhaps it would even more be the case that bondsmen-made-free was a possibility not the norm for London Blacks a century or two earlier? I guess I am trying to divine the norm for, say, Blacks in England c. 1700, allowing for "some blacks" able to balkanizationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08622158455459607866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38419710.post-12403435131580972442012-10-24T09:09:21.998-07:002012-10-24T09:09:21.998-07:00Glad to see that you and Bob are going to address ...Glad to see that you and Bob are going to address this important issue in both your textbook and document reader.<br />One cautionary note: Michael Woods’ assertion that “it was not possible to be a slave in England” is not supported by a careful review of the historical record. Prior to the Somerset ruling in 1772 there had been judicial decrees declaring “Negroes were free as soon as they set Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07647519249294848196noreply@blogger.com