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When the Black Death hit London in Autumn 1348, it caused a wave of devastation, with more than half the city’s population thought to have been killed. Emergency cemeteries had to set up to bury the dead – and people had no idea what the disease was or hot to stop it. Now, a study by the Museum of London has found the medieval plague hit some harder that others, in particular women with Black African Ancestry. The research concluded that higher death rates amongst people of colour and those of black African descent was a result of the "devastating effects" of "premodern structural racism" in the medieval world. Â鶹Éç Radio London's Ross Ryan has the story. (Image credit: Getty Images)