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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Reproduction Object number CARCM:2019.4.27 Life in Cardiff Docklands could be hard and jobs became more difficult to come by after the First World War. In the port towns of Britain, things turned nasty in 1919 when, a series of race riots broke out. Some white men felt threatened by the presence of black, Asian and Arab seafarers who they believed were taking their jobs, their houses and their women. In Cardiff, between June 11^th and June 14^th 1919 rioters attacked the homes of black men, hundreds were injured and at least three people were killed. This receipt is one of 35 which shows the compensation given to individuals following the riots in Cardiff. Most of what we know about the riots can be found in police records and newspapers of the time. The signed receipt here gives us a small insight into how individuals were affected by the riots. It was signed by Mabel Emma Ali ‘on behalf of Mohamed Abdullah’ for the compensation amount of £4. The address at the top of the receipt is 264 Bute Street which was the lodging house run by Mabel and her husband Mohamed Ali. These lodging houses were licensed premises and were home to men who worked at sea. Most of the lodgers at 264 Bute Street were men who worked as firemen aboard ships. This was an incredibly hard job, fuelling the fires of a ship’s steam engine, below deck. What this receipt doesn’t tell us is that on the second day of the riots, Mohamed Abdullah, was killed during an attack on the lodging house at 264 Bute Street. It’s possible that the money was used to pay for Mohamed Abdullah’s funeral and headstone as he is known to be buried in Cathays Cemetery. Physical description Paper document, typed with handwritten information. Production period 20th Century Object name Document Material Paper

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Life in Cardiff Docklands could be hard and jobs became more difficult to come by after the First World War. In the port towns of Britain, things turned nasty in 1919 when, a series of race riots broke out.

Some white men felt threatened by the presence of black, Asian and Arab seafarers who they believed were taking their jobs, their houses and their women. In Cardiff, between June 11^th and June 14^th 1919 rioters attacked the homes of black men, hundreds were injured and at least three people were killed.

This receipt is one of 35 which shows the compensation given to individuals following the riots in Cardiff. Most of what we know about the riots can be found in police records and newspapers of the time. The signed receipt here gives us a small insight into how individuals were affected by the riots.

It was signed by Mabel Emma Ali ‘on behalf of Mohamed Abdullah’ for the compensation amount of £4. The address at the top of the receipt is 264 Bute Street which was the lodging house run by Mabel and her husband Mohamed Ali.    These lodging houses were licensed premises and were home to men who worked at sea. Most of the lodgers at 264 Bute Street were men who worked as firemen aboard ships. This was an incredibly hard job, fuelling the fires of a ship’s steam engine, below deck.

What this receipt doesn’t tell us is that on the second day of the riots, Mohamed Abdullah, was killed during an attack on the lodging house at 264 Bute Street. It’s possible that the money was used to pay for Mohamed Abdullah’s funeral and headstone as he is known to be buried in Cathays Cemetery.
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Paper document, typed with handwritten information.
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20th Century
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Document
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Paper

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