Racism, relationships and an insight into Victorian London
Mahomet Abraham and Eliza Allen fell in love on the street — but it wasn’t the working classes who disapproved
Oskar Jensen is a novelist, academic and broadcaster. His book Vagabonds: Life on the Streets of Nineteenth-Century London, was shortlisted for the 2023 Wolfson History Prize.
Mahomet Abraham and Eliza Allen fell in love on the street — but it wasn’t the working classes who disapproved