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1625-1655 Settlement of British West Indian islands; introduction of sugar and slavery.
1619 First Africans sold in Jamestown Virginia.
1772 Somerset Case; marks end of slavery in England.
1783 Zong Case; 131 Africans thrown overboard from Liverpool ship.
1787 Foundation of Society for Abolition of the Slave Trade.
1791 Slave Revolt in St Domingue (Haiti).
1807 Abolition of the slave trade.
1834 Emancipation of slaves in British Empire.
1860-1865 American Civil War. End of US slavery.
1886 Slavery abolished in Cuba.
1888 Slavery abolished in Brazil.
1596-1601 Elizabeth I orders explusion of blacks from London.
1780-1830 Black population of London 5,000, Britain 10,000.
1914 Black population `several thousands'.
1955 Black population 100,000.
1960 Black and Asian population 250,000.
1990 Black and Asian population two and a half million.
1730s-1740s Hogarth portrays black-white relations.
1770s Images of Soubise and friendship with Duchesse of Queensberrry.
1780-1830s Blacks appear in numerous British caricatures.
1825-1860 Ira Aldridge, black actor on English stage.
1930s Paul Robeson in British films and theatre.
1930 Paul Robeson kisses Peggy Ashcroft on stage (Othello).
1903 What Happened in the Tunnel featured the first interracial kiss in US film, directed by Edwin S Porter.
1951 Pool of London first UK film romance between a black man and white woman, directed by Basil Deardon.
1966 US network television's first interracial kiss on Star Trek with Nichelle Nichols as Uhura, and William Shatner as Captain Kirk.
1967 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner first interracial kiss in a Hollywood mainstream movie between Sidney Poitier and Katherine Houghton, directed by Stanley Kramer.