The barbarous and cruel treatment of slaves, described by Mary Prince from her own experience, greatly helped the campaign for abolition. Mary Prince. Illustration by Clifford Harper. She was working as a charwoman at 4 Keppel Street (opposite Store Street) in 1829 after fleeing her slave owner John Wood (1783-1836) of Leigh Street, Bloomsbury. Wood […]
Author Archives: Mike Pentelow
Mike Pentelow – editor and features editor. Mike moved to Fitzrovia in the early 1970s, from Essex where he was a trainee journalist on the Thurrock Gazette. He has worked as a sports writer and industrial correspondent. Since 1989 he has been a reporter for the Transport and General Workers Union Magazine. He is the author of two books: Characters of Fitzrovia (co-written with Marsha Rowe) and A Pub Crawl Through History: The Ultimate Boozers’ Who’s Who (co-written with Peter Arkell).
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