Africans in East Anglia, 1467-1833

Maguire has written an excellent book that... reveals the limitations of a perspective that diminishes the study of diversity to large British metropolitan port cities such as: Bristol, Cardiff, Liverpool, and London. * JOURNAL OF BRITISH STUDIES *
This work will become a standard reading for anyone researching slavery, labor and African populations in East Anglia, as well as providing methods for understanding a more local background of African populations in Britain during the early modern era. -- Andrew Kettler * Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies and Renaissance Quarterly *
An important and valuable book... unequivocally challenges an idea that diversity is only a matter of a few metropolitan port cities such as Bristol, Cardiff, Liverpool and London. * NORFOLK ARCHAEOLOGY *
Although scholarly literature on people of color living in Britain has grown over the last 30 years, this book is unusual in its focus on a region outside a major metropolis. By delving into county records, Maguire shows that people of African descent were a small but significant presence in these counties. * CHOICE *
This is a meticulously researched study and readers are very well served by a 30-page bibliography, which provides much information about the primary source material which scholars with interests in this field might benefit from examining. The index is also commendably thorough, enabling easy navigation throughout the text. -- Local Historian
[...] a text greatly to be admired for its bold assertiveness and direction [...] -- David Killingray * Family & Community History *