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Posted inHistory

The barbarous treatment of slaves was for the benefit of local gentry

by Mike Pentelow 10:19 pm, Thursday, 11 June 2020

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 […]

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The Slave-owners of Bloomsbury

by Editors 8:06 am, Tuesday, 25 September 20124:38 pm, Monday, 24 September 2012
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