BLACK ENGLAND by Gretchen Gerzina is out today! A powerful history of the forgotten lives of black Georgian Britain, featuring a brand new foreword from Zadie Smith. The triumphs and tortures of Black England, the Ambivalent relations between the races, sometimes tragic, sometimes heart-warming, are brought to life in this wonderfully readable history. BLACK ENGLAND explores a fascinating chapter of our shared past, a chapter that has been ignored too long. #blackengland #gretchengerzina #zadiesmith #history #historicalnonfiction #georgianhistory #blackhistory #whatimreading #book #nonfiction #outnow #bookish #bookstagram