Slavery abolitionist. Born in Macon, Georgia. He and his wife Ellen were enslaved and escaped to the north of America. See her page for more details.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
Slavery abolitionist. Born in Macon, Georgia. He and his wife Ellen were enslaved and escaped to the north of America. See her page for more details.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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William Craft
Ellen Craft, c.1826 - c.891, and William Craft, c.1824 - 1900, refugees from ...
William and Ellen Craft, black American former slaves and campaigners against...
Women's activist. Born Clementia Doughty at Brockdish, Norfolk. She married Peter Alfred Taylor in 1842, and they became involved with many social and political movements, particularly anti-slavery...
Sea captain, explorer and pirate. Born in Crowndale, near Tavistock, Devon. He spent his formative years in the house of his cousin Sir John Hawkins and by 1565 was voyaging to Guinea and the Spani...
Trumpeter in the courts of Henry VII and Henry VIII. He probably came to England as one of the African attendants of Catherine of Aragon in 1501, and is one of the earliest recorded black people in...
Financier, philanthropist, and art connoisseur. Born Berlin. Younger brother to Alfred and made his fortune the same way: mining diamonds. Came to London in 1896 and took British citizenship. G...
Has a strong historical connection with the abolitionist movement of the 18th and 19th centuries. Rev John Newton, a slave-trader turned preacher and abolitionist, was rector 1780 – 1807. Carolin...
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