-
Celtic and pict tribes arrived to the British Isles and formed the first community. In 250 the Romans came with their black soldiers from the African part of the Empire.
-
-
In 1066 was the Norman Conquest. They descended from the Vikings who lived in France, and brought with them their early-French language, which changed the direction of English, government and law.
-
In 1565, John Hawkyns sold 300 African men and made England's first slavetrade. Black slaves began appearing in England a few years later.
-
In the early eighteenth century the political map changed and The United Kingdom had now become. The number of African men, women and children increased - 14000 black people lived now in England.
-
The trade was abolished by a movement where the abolitionists brought a famous case to the court. But it was rejected because of the trade's importance for the UK economy.
