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Belle : the slave daughter and the Lord Chief Justice Cover Image Book Book

Belle : the slave daughter and the Lord Chief Justice / Paula Byrne.

Byrne, Paula. (Author).

Summary:

The illegitimate daughter of a captain in the Royal Navy and an enslaved African woman, Dido Belle was sent to live with her great-uncle, the Earl of Mansfield, one of the most powerful men of the time and a leading opponent of slavery. Growing up in his lavish estate, Dido was raised as a sister and companion to her white cousin, Elizabeth. When a joint portrait of the girls, commissioned by Mansfield, was unveiled, eighteenth-century England was shocked to see a black woman and white woman depicted as equals.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780062310774 (paperback)
  • ISBN: 0062310771 (paperback)
  • Physical Description: xii, 283 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
  • Edition: First U.S. edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Harper Perennial, 2014.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"First published in the United Kingdom in 2014 by William Collins, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers"--Title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-283).
Formatted Contents Note:
The Girl in the Picture -- The Captain -- The Slave -- The White Stuff -- "Silver-Tongued Murray" -- The Adopted Daughters -- Black London -- Mansfield the Moderniser -- Enter Granville Sharp -- The Somerset Ruling -- The Merchant of Liverpool -- A Riot in Bloomsbury -- A Visitor from Boston -- The Zong Massacre -- Gregson v. Gilbert -- Changes at Kenwood -- The Anti-Saccharites -- Mrs. John Davinier.

Search for related items by subject

Subject: Belle, Dido Elizabeth, 1761-1804.
Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793.
Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793 > Family.
Racially mixed people > England > Biography.
Slaves > England > Biography.
Illegitimate children > England > Biography.
Nobility > England > Biography.
Antislavery movements > England > History > 18th century.
England > Race relations > History > 18th century.
Genre: Biography.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Greenwood Public Library 941.07 BYR (Text) 35141000205477 Adult Non-fiction Volume hold Available -
Kimberley Public Library B BEL (Text) 35137000105790 Biography Volume hold Available -
Nakusp Public Library 941.07 BYR (Text) 35160000745779 Adult Non-fiction Volume hold Available -
Sechelt Public Library B BELLE (Text) 3326000323259 Biographies Volume hold Available -
Swan River Library 921 BYRN (Text) 33880000597852 Adult Non Fiction Volume hold Available -

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