Gravestone of a Slave, Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire

Photograph taken 31 May 2002 © Historic England Archive/Mr David Morphew ref: 307268

Gravestone of a slave called Myrtilla in the graveyard of St Lawrence's Church, Oxhill Warwickshire. Myrtilla belonged to Thomas Beauchamp of Nevis and died in 1705.

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Warwickshire Stratford upon Avon

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Stuart (1603 - 1713)

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Gravestone of Scipio Africanus, 1720, St Mary's Church, Henbury, Bristol. The gravestone bears an interesting inscription giving an insight into how black people were thought of at this time in history.

Gravestone of a Slave, Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire

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