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Black Georgian England

You're Dead to Me

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I Think It's an Extraordinary Thing, Gretchen

Francis barber was servant to samuel johnson. He married a white woman, but stayed in Johnson's life. Johnson paid for him to be educated at boarding school with 12 year old boys. The relationship was part master and servant and part father' son. How common were these inter racial relationships? Were they an exception, or pretty normal?

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