Asian

Question 1

Growing trade &military strength led to Bengal coming under East India Company
control in …..,in …… British government took direct rule of India increasing contact
& migration- So Trade and empire fuel migration

Answer 1

1758

1858

Question 2

Growing trade, new Steam ships and the opening of the Suez canal in Egypt (1869) cut
travel time….. to India. By 1900 ……
…..were visiting British ports, some settled

Answer 2

travel time cut by 50% to India

1900 10,000 lascars visit Indian ports

Question 3

Indians came as ………., especially to study law at Glasgow & Oxford. English families
returning to England often brought their children’s Indian nannies, ‘………’ with them.

Answer 3

Students( The first woman to take a law exam at
Somerville college, Oxford was an Indian
women Cornelia Sorabji-)

Ayahs

Question 4

One of became a MP in …

Answer 4

1892

Question 5

The experience of Indians like Ayah’s depended on the families they came with. Some
went on to nanny other wealthy families children. Others were….

Answer 5

abandoned

Question 6

Indian/Malay/Chinese & African sailors settled & worked in hard jobs on the docks.
………….. lascars helped build the Manchester ship canal & Old Trafford area

Answer 6

Yemeni

Question 7

Charities set up homes for Ayah’s and Lascars such as the ‘Stranger’s Home. Asian
migrants came to study & trade. In … the first Indian was elected an MP- Dadabhi…

Answer 7

1892

Naoroji

Question 8

How many Indians reported in slums London

Answer 8

140

Question 9

By 1800 around 15,000 Africans were living in London.Many were poor just like
almost everyone else. Some were wealthy and successful like the composer ……

Answer 9

Ignatius Sancho

Question 10

Thousands of Black Loyalists who fought for Britain ended up on the London streets
Partly to help , but also remove them, a settlement was set up …….., Sierra Leone

Answer 10

Free town but Sierra Leone was a Mosquito and cholera infested area

Question 11

John ……, born in Liverpool, was London’s first elected Black politician as Mayor of
……………..in ..…

Answer 11

Archer

Battersea

1913

Question 12

Some media representation was positive of migrants. Many took an interest in Queen
s ………… achievements , the West African Sarah Forbes …….

Answer 12

Victoria

Sarah Forbes Bonetta caught by a African king given to a captain

Question 13

A huge fundraising gala to help Jamaican Mary …… after her care for soldiers in
the Crimean war was attended by………….Her autobiography was a bestseller

Answer 13

Seacole

80,000