Tag: British history
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Discover how pub landlord John London made history as Britain’s first known black voter in 1749, defending his rights against racial challenges in Westminster.
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Carol Edwards shares her inspiring journey from Holnicote House, Britain’s first mixed-race orphanage, highlighting the resilience of ‘brown babies’ born to Black GIs and white mothers.
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Olaudah Equiano, a former slave, became the first Black man to cross the Arctic Circle in 1773, leaving a remarkable account that influenced the abolitionist movement.
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