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History of slavery, and in particular, the experiences of enslaved women. We already had a chance to look at the case of Harriet Jacobs, one of the best remembered of the slave narratives. There, jacobs introduced us, if you will, to that dimension of slavery that is exemplified, and we might say central to the experience of slave women, and that is sexual violence. We will come back a little bit to talk about jacobs in comparison to our case today, that of celia. We also looked at the wpa narra...

Britains Toys were local boys Posted by Hugh on November 13, 2020 at 18:44 in History of Harringay Im not sure how old you need to be for the name Britains Toys to cast something of a magic spell. But Britains soldiers, cowboys & indians and animals were as much a part of my childhood as the x-box is for kids today. So, I was interested to discover recently that Britains was a local firm. Britains was established by William Britain (1828-1906) a toy maker of Birmingham, England, in about 1845...