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John “Black” Caesar: Australia’s First Bushranger

Meserette Kentake
February 15, 2016
Black British History, Black Firsts, Black History, Black Presence in Australia
John Caesar (1764 – 15 February 1796), nicknamed 'Black Caesar' was the first Australian bushranger and one of the first people of recent African descent to arrive in Australia. A bushranger was usually a thi...
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Dr. Edward Scobie: Authority on the African presence in early Western Europe

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November 14, 2015
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Dr. Edward Vivian Scobie, author of Britannia; The History of Blacks in Britain distinguished himself as an authority in tracing the history of Black people as they made their way to Western Europe. Dr. Scob...
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James Peters: The first Black man to play rugby union for England

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August 7, 2015
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James Peters was the first Black man to play rugby union for England. Peters was born on 7 August 1879 at 38 Queen Street Salford, Lancashire, England. His Jamaican father, George Peters, was from the West...

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