Posted on 21 October 2009. Tags: Black British, Black Britons, Black Edwardians, Elizabeth Davinier, black bourgeouisie, black victorians, captain john lindsay, dido elizabeth lindsay, kenwood house, lord mansfield, mixed race, the black aristocracy
In the 18th Century, some Black people in the Eighteenth Century were considerably more privileged than most. One such Woman was Dido Elizabeth Bell Lindsay.
Dido was the daughter of Captain John Lindsay of the Royal Navy. She was born in England to an African mother who was captured from a Spanish ship.
Dido lived in Kenwood ...
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