Black Georgian England
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The Declaration of Independence
Four years later, on 17 76, something pretty big happens across the atlantic. Some enslaved black americans were inspired by the somerset decision and escaped. The british army took advantage, and lord dunmore announced that he would arm them and declare them free if they would join the british side. But life in england was not as it was promised to be. A benefactor called jonas hanway gathered several white philanthropists to a weekly off coffee house meeting in london,. They formed what they called the committee for the relief of the black poor. When the cash ran out, the government stepped in to help with things like hospital bills and
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