History GCSE

Racial hierarchy and minority communities

What Racial hierarchy and minority communities means in History GCSE, as defined for OCR.

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Ideas of a racial hierarchy developed to justify enslaving Africans, and those ideas affected settled minority communities in Britain.

OCR · The Impact of Empire on Britain 1688–c.1730 (J410/11) - Political and social impact of empire on Britain 1688–c.1730

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The Impact of Empire on Britain 1688–c.1730 (J410/11) - Political and social impact of empire on Britain 1688–c.1730 (OCR GCSE)

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