The SS Ormonde and Caribbean migration to Britain

The experience of the African diaspora in London concerns Black Europeans of African ancestry, or Afro-Europeans, who trace full or partial ancestry to Sub-Saharan Africa. The United Kingdom has approximately 2.5 million black people, inclusive of mixed race, according to the 2011 Census.

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   the experience of the african diaspora in london · Wikipedia · 7 min read

   Discrimination in the workplace is widespread for Black Europeans, and barriers are constructed at every stage to prevent Black individuals from obtaining jobs that match their talents and expertise.

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   Windrush Day - JSTOR Daily · JSTOR Daily · 3 min read

   The Empire Windrush arrived in Tilbury near London from Jamaica in 1948, carrying 802 migrants from Britain's West Indian colonies, called to the "Mother Country" for work after World War II. The ship gave its name to the "Windrush Generation," more than half a million Caribbean migrants who moved to the UK between 1948 and 1972.

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   Ormonde, Almanzora and Windrush · The National Archives · 4 min read

   The SS Ormonde carried Caribbean migrants to Britain, arriving in Liverpool on 31 March 1947, over a year before the Empire Windrush. Its arrival records an earlier Caribbean migration to Britain.

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   Small Island · Bookshop.org

   Small Island by Andrea Levy describes Hortense Joseph's arrival in London from Jamaica in 1948 and Gilbert Joseph's return from war to find his status as a black man in Britain second class. Told in four voices, it depicts crossings, lost passages, and an immigrant's life in the face of barriers.

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