Key term for OCR GCSE History B, used in Early Modern Britain c.1500–c.1750.
A person of lower status within a social or colonial hierarchy who is relied upon for labour but largely dismissed and marginalised by society.
Subaltern subject appears in OCR GCSE History B revision content for Migrants to Britain (c.1250–Present), especially Early Modern Britain c.1500–c.1750 and Early African and Indian migrants.
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