Empire Windrush, 1948 (b/w photo)

(1948) (New York, NY: Bridgeman Art Library), 1 page(s)

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Abstract / Summary: In 1948, the Empire Windrush was en route from Australia to England via the Atlantic, docking in Kingston, Jamaica. An advert had appeared in a Jamaican newspaper offering cheap transport on the ship for anybody who wanted to come and work in the UK. At that time, there were no immigration restrictions for citizens of one part of the British Empire moving to another part. The Empire Windrush arrived at Tilbury on 22 June 1948, carrying 492 passengers from Jamaica wishing to start a new life in the United Kingdom. The passengers (including one stowaway) were the first large group of West Indian immigrants to the UK after the Second World War.
Field of Interest: Black Studies
Content Type: Photograph
Warning: Contains explicit content: No
Format: Text
Page Count: 1
Publisher: Bridgeman Art Library
Place Published / Released: New York, NY
Subject: Black Studies, Diversity, Migration, Immigration and emigration, Reino Unido, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great Britain, Britain, Kingdom of Great Britain, United Kingdom, Caribbean and West Indians
Keywords and Translated Subjects: Reino Unido, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great Britain, Britain, Kingdom of Great Britain