UK Black History Month Flashcard

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To which organisation was Kofi Annan appointed Secretary General in 1996?

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United Nations

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What year did Britain first pass an act officially outlawing the institution of slavery, freeing more than 800,000 enslaved Africans in the Caribbean and South Africa and Canada?

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1833

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When did British taxpayers stop paying off Government debt incurred in order to compensate British slave owners because of the abolition of slavery?

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2015

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On August 24, 1981, Charles Chapman became the first black swimmer to swim across what geographical water region?

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English Channel

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Which historical black nurse died in London in 1881 after saving many British soldiers during the Crimean War of 1855?

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Mary Seacole

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Who was the first black football player to captain England?

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Paul Ince

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Who was the first black officer to command white troops in the British Army and one of English football's first black players?

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Walter Tull

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Dating of the Ivory Bangle Lady remains discovered in York in 1901.

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4th century

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Who is John Blanke?

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a Black trumpeter in the court of Henry the VIII

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What is the Windrush Generation?

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People arriving in the UK between 1948 and 1971 from Caribbean countries