Articulates the history of Black people in Britain from the third century BCE to the late 20th century as a way to upend the misconception that Black people immigrated to England in the modern era. This work draws on European archives to discuss Africans in Britain, the Atlantic slave trade, and scientific racism. This work also sheds light on writers, abolitionists, workers, and soldiers in the Black British community. Engages in African and British history, racialization, and the transatlantic slave trade.