Black Aristocrats of 18th Century England & France
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Popular historic dramas like Bridgerton, Hamilton and Sanditon sometimes receive criticism that their diverse casts are historically inaccurate. But in fact there have been people of color in Britain and France since Roman times. By the 18th century the trans Atlantic slave trade brought more people of African decent to Europe then ever before. In 1768 there were about 15,000 black people living in London. Many were brought their as enslaved servants and sailors. But some had the right mixture of talent and luck to rise to the upper echelons of society, becoming celebrities and even aristocrats. Today we’ll met 7 prominent people of African and mixed heritage who lived in Britain or France in the 18th Century. Among them a King’s secret daughter, an icon of both Sport and music, two authors who spoke out against slavery, and a lady of wealth and refinement who would have fit perfectly into the world of Bridgerton. Here are their stories...
Louise Marie-Thérèse
Ignatius Sancho
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Olaudah Equiano
Dido Elizabeth Belle
Jean Amilcar
Thomas-Alexandre Dumas
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Some have commented that I mistakenly used a picture of Olaudah Equiano for Ignatius Sancho. This is not a mistake. Portrait of an African, attributed to Allan Ramsay, was thought to be of Olaudah, but more recent scholarship suggests it actually depicts a young Ignatius Sancho.
Tell them! yeah! haha
Your description of black people that they came as slaves is not accurate ,most of those black people were the Moorish black ethnic groups that built modern Europe. since the dark ages.
@@friend1766do you have a source or are you just throwing the idea out there?
This is truly not clear, unless the Moor's role is elucidated, they play a major position.
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This video describes the lineage of those discussed, and they were clearly not Moors but either directly born in West Africa or were descendants of enslaved Africans.
As a history lover I absolutely love your channel, but as a black female seeing you bring this type of content to life on your channel as well is truly Amazing, thank you so much for this type of content
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Have you heard of this gentleman? en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abram_Petrovich_Gannibal
My sentiments, exactly! I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this video. Thank you bringing such great content. 👏🏾
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Learnt this history years back!
The information is not quite accurate however. Blacks in Europe was not always about a slave trade, no! They did not descend from slaves, but were native to their respective countries.
Many of them were indeed aristocrats, descended not from Africa but from the black noble families who governed in Europe.
Many of these were the remnant from those black Europeans who under pressure migrated to the American colonies, or were enslaved and shipped to the colonies.
Alexandre Dumas's story as well as his father's would deserve a whole netflix series of its own
Just Wow 😮
I agree. That would be great!
A moovie made by french please. And history of peoples of Louisianne
I 100% agree. His and his father’s (and his mother’s to be frank) lives were more eventful than 100 lives put together.
I’m SHOCKED that we aren’t taught this history in school. I just watched another video about the general and I couldn’t believe that I had never heard of him.
Lindsay, I love all your content, but I particularly appreciate your treatment of Black historical persons and families. Thank you for highlighting the fact that most women who bore mixed-race children were not the products of loving relationships but rather of force and rape. Your work is spectacular; keep it up!
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As an African American woman who loved history… I truly appreciate this content!
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And you really believed there was a black princes dress like white people and allowed to eat with them. really are you that gullible beyond me. Hollywood trying to make feel good films for people like you.
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World history is African History.
Love it.
Thank you Lindsay, I appreciate this so much! My own family - the Roberts family of Virginia were wealthy free blacks since 1600s. A rarely taught fact: There were wealthy black landowners for generations in the United States- even during slavery. One notable person - Joseph Jenkins Roberts was very influential and was a part of the movement to RETURN slaves to Africa. (Of course the purpose and success of this is still debatable). This country is Liberia. Roberts became the first president of Liberia. The airport in Monrovia Liberia, is Roberts International Airport. Upon his death, his wife moved to London and lived the rest of her life in London. She is buried in Highgate. All of this informaitoon is searchable online for anyone interested in this portion of American/African history. Start with looking up Joseph Jenkins Roberts, then the history of Liberia.
Rarely taught yes, and that is why I am grateful that I had some awesome teachers throughout the years that did teach us about wealthy free blacks who owned plantations and so on. One small correction, former slaves were the ones the Back to Africa movement targeted. And thank you for bringing a name that others can research.
That’s really interesting!!! The purpose and success of Liberia is definitely still debatable, but it is still very incredible to hear about your family’s connection to such a historic event.
you are so silly.. why should it be taught when 99% of black were enslaved. just because you have the abnormal 0,1% who are moderately rich you think you can erase it lol
A few of the earliest slaveowners were free Africans. That effectively ended when slavery was legally racialized around 1650z
I heard that many black people back them were against Liberia cuz they saw the USA as their home, not Africa
I love that we bring in lesser known historical figures.
Right, this was fun and a good change of the typical.
Hope to see more videos on lesser known historical figures from different centuries
So do I.
There is a movie about Chevalier coming out this year I think …I know it’s coming the previews have aired on TH-cam
sadly none of them are of African Culture, just Whitewashed black
Finding out that Alexandre Dumas' novels were inspired by his father at the end had my jaw drop. That's so cool how it all came together.
so he never wrote about any black or biracial heroine oop
@@samanthasmith61 wait, yeah that's... 😬
Would anyone have read it? He was thinking about that coin.
@@cocominare1886 he was 1/4 black lol 3/4 white i mean...he was white already but he never wrote any biracial or black heroine lol
Although I'm glad this type of teaching is becoming more apparent but at the same time, there's much that's not being told even within this video. 1st of all, people must understand that loooong b4 there was a so-called transatlantic slave trade, black people ruled and dominated Europe, Germany, Scotland, Spain, the Americas and pretty much the entire planet! I'm actually not trolling at all...the oldest bones and or human remains ever found not only in Europe but on every continent is the remains of so-called black people! The "Cheddar Man" found in Europe, the oldest skeletal remains found in Europe, was of a melanated man. It's not taught in any school but scientists know well that the so-called black race is the oldest race of people and ruled every continent on the planet waaay b4 any Caucasians showed up! But 2 teach that removes the illusion of supremacy and control of the masses especially of those that are nonwhites. Yeah, the Moors ruled England and Scotland as well as Germany and they were the most well-mannered, illustrious, stylish, graceful and intelligent people that ever ruled and like it or not, history has a pattern of repeating itself...be not deceived, the Creator is not mocked for whatsoever a man sows, that shall he also reap! They're coming back 2 power sooner than most think!
All of these were fascinating. Particularly the story of Dumas. His father not wanting the name shamed. Yet, he was able to bring lasting recognition to the name and his children after him.
his children are white already lol
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His wife was french. Alexandre Dumas had a quarter african blood. He difn't consider himself as african but as french. And the color skin was important for some racists but not for the law.
It's because aristocrats did not join the army at those times not because he was ashamed
@@fabs8498being black and a mulatto had very different many in French society
The name Dumas was from a plantation in Saint Domingue (Ayiti, Quisqueya originally Arawak & Taino Indigenous Nations’ territories or an enclave called San Ju) present day Haiti. Pateri. Initially Thomas Alexandra (Alexandre) De La Pateri was most likely baptized with the father’s family name in France once they arrived there, was educated in the best schools, learned the Art of Fencing 🤺 , etc. until it became an inconvenience to be associated with that formal family name that His father was embarrassed by. He used his mother’s (Marie Casette? Who knows her origins) assumed name, and that was associated with the landowner/ Dumas’ estates/landowners slave master’s property name. I’ve studied the Dumas lineage & Haitian connection fir some time. The mother very well could have had two other make children by her new master/slave owner to whom she was sold along with her daughters. They may have lived in other French territories in the Caribbean.
Thanks for making this! As a black TH-camr and history lover, I really enjoy your content! Thank you for shedding light on these lesser known historical figures.
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putting the emphasis on "lesser" here if Jane Austen came upon significant number of blacks aristo's in Georgian society surely she would have had something to say about them, of course she didn't because they were so insignificant she would have been able to count their number on one hand
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But what I find so interesting in this video as well as some of the comments in this comment section is that it's disturbing how the vast majority of society has no knowledge or understanding of actual, verified, documented true history. With just a quick Google search and anyone will discover that the oldest human remains ever found in Europe were of the "Cheddar Man" which was a highly melanated or black man. Most people also don't realize that a great deal of our ancient history has been erased, omitted and or just embellished 2 paint others in a more glorious light than actually true. A plethora of history books have clearly shown that the Moors ruled England for centuries waaay b4 any Caucasians ever arrived in Europe... this isn't at all hard 2 imagine being that scientifically speaking, having light melanin in the body AKA Caucasian people have only been documented 2 being on earth less than 6K years and again science has proven that low melanated ppl are recessive genetic mutations, meaning they cannot be indigenous 2 any land or time period. A mutation cannot be the 1st of anything or anywhere!
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@@reneerichburg8023 find the book cold; Memoirs of the secret services John Mackey
You will that the first kings and queens of Europe were black people (black complexion...) they were not slaves or je ne sais quoi
As an African..it's nice to know that black history is World History. Thank you for sharing & keep up the awesome work!
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Exactly. But their is great attempt to divide the people once more
this is not African history
@samantha smith it's not??..where are their ancestors from...if you are not smart enough to comprehend that comment...please find something better to do...
@@samanthasmith61 You were taught lies you will come to learn
I am a black history lover of past centuries. I enjoyed your excellent research on black history Aristocrats and have subscribed for more. 😊
none of them were Aristocrat 💀
@@Satu-zs7gm "a governing body or upper class usually made up of a hereditary nobility. a member of the British aristocracy. 4. : a class or group of people believed to be superior (as in rank, wealth, or intellect) an intellectual aristocracy'
You're really going to lie to yourself?
@@Mr.Universe none of them were ever an aristocrat... you really going to lie to yourself?
@@Mr.Universe "The aristocracy[1] is historically associated with a "hereditary" or a "ruling" social class. In many states, the aristocracy included the upper class of people (aristocrats) with hereditary rank and titles"
the desperation to be a white upper class is just pathetic.
1. nun
2. ex slave who open a shop ( slave and tradesmen)
3. died in poverty
4. married a servant
5. married a book seller's daughter and died in poverty...
none of them were ever Aristocrat, none of them had any birth title or rank, infact most of them were technically ex slave
@@Mr.Universe if you are uneducated just shut it, this channel is riddance with historical inaccuracies...
also love how that she didn't mentioned any of them as Aristocrat in their individual segment or what their Aristocratic rank were, none... UNEDUCATED
I watched chevalier today and I really enjoyed it. we deserve to hear so much more about these amazing black men and women and their incredible lives
He was biracial not Black.
@@iamempress292Well, if he was biracial, then he was black. And white.
@@silverking2181 😂😂😂 Lmbo the more blk people reduce the standard of "blackness" the more we damn ourselves!
The story of Thomas-Alexandre Dumas reminds me of another story. An enslaved African was sold to Peter the Great of Russia and named Abram Petrovich Gannibal. He eventually became a general and was the great-grandfather of famed Russian writer Alexander Pushkin.
Wow!
His son is one of the most famous author in france who wrote The 3 musketeers and the count of Monte Cristo
@@Crawlingdreams418 all countries have done damning things. England and France. Sin is not limited to one country.
@@Crawlingdreams418 France and England have been 100 times bloodiest than Russia so please stop your nonsense
@@lawtraf8008 except making excuses for france and england would have made anyone a pariah and rightfully so. However, making excuses for the bloodshed this empire caused is ok bc most ppl (not from neighboring locations) don't give a crap. I gotta call a spade a spade, sorry
I remember I watched a program where they remade one of Dido Belle's dresses and it was incredibly fascinating! Thank you so much for this video Lindsay. I really love all of your content
Was the title of the series a stitch in time? Have you watched to movie about her. It’s called Belle and it’s how I discovered her.
@@oliviaspring9690 Yes it was! :D Thats how I discovered her too
I like that this subject is being addressed but I also want as many of us 2 know the entire truth about so-called black people in Europe...it is absolutely false that black people only first arrived in Europe via a Transatlantic slave trade! I mean are u kidding me!!??!!?? So-called black people not only lived and thrived in England for thousands and thousands of years waaay b4 a Transatlantic slave trade but they were the actual rulers and nobility of Europe waaay b4 any Caucasians showed up in England! Does anyone know that the oldest human remains found in Europe are of a so-called black man labeled the "Cheddar Man"? The 1st inhabitants of not only England were/are black people but the 1st inhabitants of the entire planet on every continent were dark skinned people AKA black folks! Black people ruled England, Spain, Germany, Brittain, Scotland, Africa, Asia and the Americas centuries b4 any Caucasians ever arrived! I hope no one believes me... please go now and fact check me at any library, google, bing, yahoo or Duck duck go search engine! There's a plethora of documentation and books showing that melanated ppl ruled the planet and ruled it well with grace and sophistication way b4 the Caucasian people were considered. Scientifically speaking, having light melanin, blonde hair and blue eyes are all traits of recessive genetic mutations, meaning not original or indigenous 2 any land or time! Melanated ppl have been here waaay b4 any others and they will turn out the lights on their way out once they're done here!!!
Have you seen the movie Belle?? It's great! And a much more honest portrayal than Bridgerton!
@@skontheroad Although I'm glad this type of teaching is becoming more apparent but at the same time, there's much that's not being told even within this video. 1st of all, people must understand that loooong b4 there was a so-called transatlantic slave trade, black people ruled and dominated Europe, Germany, Scotland, Spain, the Americas and pretty much the entire planet! I'm actually not trolling at all...the oldest bones and or human remains ever found not only in Europe but on every continent is the remains of so-called black people! The "Cheddar Man" found in Europe, the oldest skeletal remains found in Europe, was of a melanated man. It's not taught in any school but scientists know well that the so-called black race is the oldest race of people and ruled every continent on the planet waaay b4 any Caucasians showed up! But 2 teach that removes the illusion of supremacy and control of the masses especially of those that are nonwhites. Yeah, the Moors ruled England and Scotland as well as Germany and they were the most well-mannered, illustrious, stylish, graceful and intelligent people that ever ruled and like it or not, history has a pattern of repeating itself...be not deceived, the Creator is not mocked for whatsoever a man sows, that shall he also reap! They're coming back 2 power sooner than most think!
Omg since my dad passed away I don't hear the history channel and I don't have anyone to enjoy history with and thank you for being really good at explaining history so beautiful ❤️😍
Joseph Bologne's life was incredible. I teach elementary music and its nice to see him getting some recognition in non musical circles :)
The movie 🎥 is pretty good also even though very dramatized
Thank you Lindsay for bringing attention to these wonderful people! February being Black History Month and your videos are perfect! I love learning about black history and people who are lesser known. This video is so informative, inspiring and interesting.
Yup! What's a shame is that I've learned a thousand times more about Black History on TH-cam than I did in school.
@@Lonsoleil same here!
I agree love documents and it been black history month this caught my attention while scrolling my timeline.
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Compulsory education especially in the western hemisphere is not geared or formulated 2 teach anything that doesn't promote or uplift colonization. There's a reason why the educational systems in America doesn't teach in-depth studies about black people or much of anything outside of eurocentric themed curriculum. Once nonwhites are accurately and thoroughly taught about their ancestors, ancient accomplishments and feats, it removes the illusion of supremacy and control that keeps the colonizers in "the driver seat" of society. John D. Rockefeller, the father of western education standards once said, "I don't want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers". That should tell u all u need 2 know about how our education system is set up in the states. Lastly, the so-called black man is by no means rare or new 2 Europe, black people once ruled England for centuries, they were called the Moors and they were more sophisticated and illustrious than u could ever imagine during their reign of not only England but they ruled Spain, Germany, Britain and Scotland...look it up 4 yourself! The Spanish inquisition was a vastly about expelling the black Hebrews and Moors from Spain because they ran everything back then! Black people had been ruling the planet 4 a millennia b4 the Caucasian ever showed up on the planet!
Black History Month is in October 🙂
This is awesome. Love you included historical docs easy for viewers to explore themselves. When I included these persons in my literature classes, students were shocked. So prominent, but not in their history books. Some instructors didn't know about them either. Historical -- prominent -- persons of African descendant. Unearthing hidden stories like this are examples of one of the greatest fears of the far right in education. Cries of critical race theory & "woke-ism" to include them in history classes. Fear of the truth being hidden itself revealed.
Great video and research. Amazing how certain europeans and caucasians as you mentioned “get upset” about the depiction of “black folks” being depicted of anything other than slaves and entertainment will always be hilarious to me.
Exactly they get mad when black people were famous musicians artist all they say is a black man made a jar of peanut butter . Some weird inferior complex when others especially black people have talent . That’s why they lie about history so much .
I’ve always loved Dido’s expression in that painting.
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Like the Mona Lisa. Looking like she knows something she wasn't supposed to.
@@tinytt854 sad how irl she only got 500 while Elizabeth got 10,000 loll... the painting def showed us
This story of Louise Marie Therese being the daughter of the queen of France with a dwarf have been debunked for quite a while.
Historical studies of the national Archives of France and others show that she was indeed the daughter of Louis 14 and was born in 1675 . Louis 14 ordered that she is taken care with a royal ordonnance to receive a pension all her life. She died in 1731 and was known as Louise de France. Only the royal family can have the family name of De France.
So historian know for sure that she was Louis 14 daughter...who had a second daughter of color named Dorothée that the King had with a theatre actress whom had his favor.
When Dorothée who was placed in a convent in Orléan was traveling to visit the King, she had a entire milirary escort sent by the King.
Beside that the Nun confectionery of Moret sur Loing opened in 1638 under Louis 13 and has nothing to do with Louise Marie Therese
People in France know her as the black daughter of the king.
@@gostavoadolfos2023 No we don’t .
just DNA tested her then! we literally have no more french royal family lol no one can object to testing her DNA and rest the case
@@gostavoadolfos2023 So if she was black I'm guessing her parents must have been black right???
@@samanthasmith61 We still have French members of the royal family. The Earl of Paris is the Head of the royal French family.
Moreover the Spanish royal family is also named "de Bourbon" as his founder was Louis XIV's grandson.
So we have plenty genetic material to compare with if we want to...
This is all so interesting. I'm reading this in Germany. Thank you for posting. While visiting Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, we once toured the grounds where Marie-Therèse Metoyer (also named Coin-Coin), a freed black woman, owned a farm or plantation and also was a slave-owner. From the Wikipedia-Article, it is unclear whether she bought slaves who were family members or friends in order to keep them from being enslaved elsewhere or whether she did it for other reasons. At any rate, she and her family were the founders of the probably first Church in the US founded by people of colour, St. Augustine. - In Germany, there was a Black philosopher, Anton Wilhelm Amo, (1703-1758) from Ghana who taught at the German universities Halle, Jena and Wittenberg.
This was so well done please keep more content like this coming I’m in tears😢
The person you’re detailing as Ignatius Sancho, I’ve always known them as Olaudah Equiano. I remember because when I studied him in history class I always thought he resembled my father
Black and British: A Forgotton History on the BBC tracked down one of his descendants
@@04nbod interesting - I suspect what’s happened is Olaudah
Equiano’s picture was put into Sancho’s segment mistakenly
@@Naijella86 That's a sizable mistake. What other mistakes are there I wonder?
@@Naijella86 actually it’s not him there are doubt who it is but I’ve seen the picture used for Quobna Ottobah Cugoano from modern Ghana.
The picture is indeed of Equiano… the photo of Equiano in the red jacket resembles a popular photo of Sancho… it’s a fair mishap but doesn’t in anyway subtract from what is a very commendable effort in the round to assemble and disseminate interesting and inspiring information 👍
Thank you for the thorough and respectful way you portray your subjects! It’s always appreciated, but especially so in this case since I’m black. I’m so happy to learn more about them. Sometimes learning about black history can be so difficult and painful, it’s really nice to see a more cheerful side
did we watch the same video? 💀 half of them are not cheerful, being a product of S.A, being sold, etc
I wouldn’t consider this cheerful but definitely informative.
Not cheerful but you keep living in your warped fakeality YEA I had to make up a word for you! SMH
@@samanthasmith61 who told you that the one in the video were products of SA??
@@mathildebanco7982 because they are?💀 Alexander dumas father marquis something sold Alexander's mother and his own daughter back to slvry
This is my favorite series! Thank you for giving us TRUTH ❤ Lindsay
I love this! Great job and thank you for sharing this with the world, educating us all!
I'm a black female I'm 59years old and I never heard any of this before thank you so much educated me on some things I never heard anything about❤
Now this is what I call Black History. Excellent as always!
Most of it is fiction 😂😂
@@sutty85 Educate yourself, kid, and stop reading only your propaganda.
@@sutty85nice to know you know the facts as if you was there
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Black Americans want to be everything but African, inferiority complex is strong in that community
Lindsey, you out did yourself on this one. What amazing historical moments ❤️
This was absolutely amazing. When I visited Paris I learned so much about Dumas. Thank you for this video
More detail and fact about Dido Elizabeth Belle :
(The movie "Belle" sadly was quite the opposite of Real Dido's life) although loved, Dido's real life was actually really different from the movie, especially compared to her actual Aristocratic cousin Lady Elizabeth.
1. Dido's last name is Belle not Lindsay, her father Sir John Lindsay didn't gave her his last name. Instead she used her mom's last name Belle, her mom Maria Belle was actually alive, Maria was 14yo childslave when she got pregnant by Lindsay, she later was given property by John Lindsay, some said she lived in a well to do area in Pensacola, Florida .
2. her naval officer father, Sir John Lindsay didn't left Dido a single penny upon his death (he bequeathed £1000 to be divided among 2 of his other illegitimate children), her great uncle Lord Mansfield only gave Dido £500 and £100 annuity, a fraction compared to what her cousin Lady Elizabeth who was given £10000.
3. Dido's father had 5 other illegitimate children from 5 different women and none by his lawful wife.
4. Dido eventually married a French servant called John daviniere at the age of 31yo after lord Mansfield had died.
5. Lady Elizabeth actually married 8 years before Dido. at 25yo she left kenwood and married George Finch Hatton, an heir to Earl of winchilsea and Earl of Nottingham, nephew of Lady Mansfield, her dowry was around £17000
6. Dido actually worked in the poultry yard and dairy, as noted by the American visitor, Dido also her great uncle's minor errands and was noted being called upon this and that. some expert said This would make her wearing fancy dresses quite impractical since it would get dirty and ruined. Although dido attend many duties suitable for women of the gentry, many doubt Lady Elizabeth did any of those duties at all. Lady Eliz was given an allowance of £100 a year, while Dido received about £20-£30 a year, which might further limited Dido's choice of clothing compared to her rich cousin's clothing.
7. In the movie Dido was shown playing piano better than Elizabeth, but in real life Lady Eliz was actually renowned in the family as almost expert pianist and she liked to composed her own tune, this was noted by her stepmom's cousin, Mary Hamilton when she visited Kenwood House and later by none other than snooty Jane Austen.
8. Dido would have never met Real John Daviniere like in the movie, because Real John Daviniere was merely a servant and a valet not remotely a lawyer, he wouldn't even cross path with Dido as he didn't even work at Kenwood House, so it was unclear how they met. The Movie elevated John daviniere into aspiring abolitionist lawyer.
9. Lady Elizabeth's father (7th Viscount Stormont) is to inherit everything, after he inherited his income is said to be 42000 pound/year, an astronomical amount undoubtedly from his 2 aristocratic title Earl of Mansfield and Viscount Stormont. Lady Elizabeth wasn't an orphan, her mother died young bht she still has her father but her father was an Ambassador so he can't provide Elizabeth with stable upbringing so he arranged for his uncle Lord Mansfield and his 2 unmarried sister to take care of Lady Elizabeth at Kenwood House, the house which he will inherit after Lord Mansfield's death.
10. Lady Elizabeth's father would regularly visit Lady Elizabeth and his 2 unmarried sister at Kenwood House. Lady Eliz would also regularly visit her father and her stepmom in their home, they were quite close, Lady Eliz would name her daughter after her stepmom.
11. in 1784, Lady Elizabeth went to Royal Ball with her stepmom Lady Stormont and father when she was about 24yo, Her stepmom Lady Stormont was personally invited by the prince regent, Dido sadly wasn't invited.
12. Dido position in the household was awkward to say the least, being illegitimate and daughter of enslaved woman definitely hurt her position and inheritance, as she wasn't allowed to dine with guest said the American visitor account in 1779, recently more fact found in Mary Hamilton's diary when she visited Kenwood later in 1784, she never mentioned Dido despite her mentioning everyone even the parish priest, this indicates that she never saw Dido, but we know from her diary that Dido didn't join the family or Lady Elizabeth to church.This was weird as in Mary Hamilton has become the cousin of the Mansfields and they have the same aristocratic social circle ( she was Lady Stormont's 1st cousin )
13. Lord Mansfield actually didn't admit to the American Visitor in 1779 that Dido was his great niece, there was complication that the American Visitor thought Dido was his mistress, Lord Mansfield also didn't refer to Dido as his nieces in his 1793 will written by himself unlike how he referred to Lady Elizabeth as his dear niece. ( although some gossip or news of the day did report that the mulatto (Dido) was the natural daughter of Sir John Lindsay, evidently Lord Mansfield himself didn't really acknowledge Dido publicly to American visitor or in his will).
14. although Dido and Elizabeth were close during their time at Kenwood, It appeared that Dido and Lady Elizabeth eventually lost contact after Eliz got married, both headed in different directions, Lady Elizabeth to her aristocratic life and Dido to her own married life. Dido and John eventually moved to Raneleagh street in Pimlico in a newly built house costing £200, Pimlico at that time was in outskirt of London, her neighbour and friend Martha was a dairy maid from Kenwood, Martha was also the witness to Dido and John's marriage.
15. After Dido died at the age of 43, John Daviniere became a steward(the most senior servant) and remarried to a white woman named Jane and have 2 more children by her.
16. Dido's last descendant died out in 1975, Lady Elizabeth's descendants are still the present day Earl of winchilsea and Earl of Nottingham.
@Angelabby, this information would read so much better if there weren't so many spelling, punctuation, and grammatical errors. Any chance you can come back & edit it? Very interesting, though. To which movie are you referring?
@@rebekahv5185 sorry, English isn't my first language and I'm still learning, and i was talking about the movie "Belle"
it is a shame that the movie Belle ommited even the most fundamental fact about Dido, that I wonder how her movie would actually feel like if we follow her real story
Fascinating, lots of facts, hard for me to keep straight; but I get boogied easily.😏I figured life was not as rosy as was portrayed about her. My Virginia family is just as convoluted. Maybe I’ll hunt these ancestors down.
Aaaaw.. hope I wasn't too harsh in my critique, @@angelabby2379. Kinda thot English might be your 2nd language. But you had some really good points, which is why I thought you should polish up your analysis.
I've never seen the movie Belle, so I guess that's actually a plus for me. I liked what Ms. Holliday had to say about these seven people of color. She didn't mention it this video, but King George III's consort, Queen Charlotte had an African ancestor. I think she had a quarter of African heritage. We are more integrated than previously thought.
Lindsey, I truly enjoy your videos…they are well researched and very entertaining. Brava!
One thing, however. So much of European history involves French people and place names. Please don’t be offended, but it would be so much better if you could have someone help you with the French pronunciations. Some things that you said (such as the name of the present-day Haiti, Saint-Domingue), were unintelligible. This place is pronounced SAHNT-DO-MANH-GUH. I really don’t say this to be cruel, but as some of these things are new to many people, it is important to pronounce them at least decently so that they will learn the names correctly. We in the US are not encouraged to learn these pronunciations correctly, and thus we continue passing on our ignorance to other Americans, mauling foreign languages because no one encourages us to learn the pronunciations correctly (please don’t think I believe you are ignorant…just the opposite! You are a very learned woman who should learn and in turn, teach, the respect for others that learning their names conveys). We Americans mock foreign speakers when they cannot speak English well. We should endeavor to do the same. It is a sign of respect to others that we take the time to learn their names and places well.
Please consider asking a native French speaker or a fluent English speaker who speaks French to review these names and places with you. It would make your videos SO much better. I intend to support you on Patreon, and would hope you’ll consider my request. Thank you!
I had no idea that the author of The Count of Monte Cristo, the Three Musketeers, and the Man in the Iron Mask was mixed race. Thank you for educating us on the amazing lives of these individuals! 👏🏻🙏
75% white 25% black... mixed race sure but he is more white than black. some argue that 25% is bs anyway, he won't be considered anything other than white
Alexander Dumas son was also an author and wrote Lady Of The Camilias based on the life of a beautiful Paris courtesan who he loved and who died young of TB. This story was turned into the opera La Traviata.
There is an amazing video on him by history dose channel they tell his story beautifully you should watch it.
Pushkin the father of Russian litterature was also a grandson to a black Russian aristocrat. Sadly his afro hair made the writer very unpopular with the ladies and he said that his black ancestors was always on his mind when he is writing. The fan part or the fate twist was that the grandfather of Tolstoy, who was a Russian diplomat was the one who sneaked Pushkin grandfather from Constantinople to save his life and as a reward for being being great spy for Russia at the Ottoman court.
Well technically white with a bit of black but yeah.
I love your channel and all your videos, but you really pulled out all the stops with this one! Truly fascinating. Bravo for recognizing the less talked-about. This has become one of my favourite videos of historical content.
ThankYou for sharing this! It is much Appreciated!! 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚
Fascinating. I had no idea of any of this (except for Al Dumas). The sad thing is, teaching this history is becoming increasingly illegal in the U.S. Subscribed.
Keep the Faith. ♥
Because America teaches American history for the most part... France is not that.
They want to keep Americans dumb. There were successful Africans and Muslims in America hundreds of years before Columbus as well
I’ve recently discovered the story of Catherine Coronaro, the last monarch of Cyprus. She rose from a daughter of Venetian nobility, to husband of James II of Cyprus, to ruling the country in her own right after the royal family died out, and she did it all a century before Elizabeth I!
She’d be a great Queens of History subject! 👑🇨🇾
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Oh she sounds very interesting. I have not heard of her but you have piqued my interest.
This is amazing!!! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! How perservering these people were even after so much tragedy. . . It's both sad and inspiring.
Thank you so much for this channel. It is so informative, I learn so much about the rarely talked about blacks, who were just as important. One luv from Jamaica 🇯🇲❤️💯
on black history month too we love to see it👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
shame that she doesn't care about African culture or figures.. only care about whitewashed black
@@samanthasmith61 bro what? this is just one video who knows what else she could put out. also, most of these black aristocrats HAD to be whitewashed or they would’ve gotten zero respect. not saying its right, but thats how it was unfortunately.
@@rengokusfox some? there are only 1 British "aristocrat" and it was Dido belle the 4rd from the picture, and new research about her showed she wasn't even anywhere near being an aristocrat unlike her cousin whom she shared the painting with, who is actually aristocrat and married an aristocrat.
Dido eventually married a servant at quite an old age for marriage 32. you can read about her, she didn't even dine with quest or family, although she lived with her aristocratic relations, being black and illegitimate children def hurt her position.
true, but it's sad that black people glorifying whitewashed figure to justifying themselves loving European culture like Bridgerton being whitewashed in it, instead of glorifying actual African culture and society and clothing, etc
@@samanthasmith61 there’s more countries than britain so idk why u brought that up
@@samanthasmith61 also nobody is glorifying these people. i’m black myself. she’s simply speaking about history like what do you want ??? if you look at her channel her expertise is mostly in european culture so if you want to find other african historic figures you can easily watch someone else.
Just on my birthday! I absolutely love your videos, I'm learning a lot about History and brushing up my English. Thank you Lindsay!! Hugs from Argentina!
Happy birthday!
Happy Birthday 🎂🇦🇷
We have the same birthday surprised me when I checked the date lol
Beaten until he accepted his new name - Sounds like where Alex Haley got that scene in Roots from…
I am a fan of Dumas written works and have read the majority of his books. Genius and master storyteller. Bless his legacy.xx
I am so HAPPY to learn that a film of the life of the Chevalier has been made. I can't wait to see it!
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nah the actor look nothing like chevalier who looks Biracial
It's amazing. It was screened at the Pan-African film festival in Los Angeles earlier this year. I was so excited to see it & was not disappointed at all.
@@samanthasmith61 bi-racial is a spectrum not a monolith. 👍🏽
@@monifahmusic7429 we have his painting... he definitely looked more biracial and has more white features, for whatever reason they always picked someone who looks just full black
Its so sad that they all died before their time. Such great people to always be remembered and honoured forever!!!!❤👏🙌🎉
at 2:34 everybody in the painting has the same hairstyle and clothing style! It's like Heathers!
Wow this is amazing thank you for posting.
i can't wait for this one! thank you so much for shining light on these figures
Thank you so much for doing this! So many people believe we only existed as slaves and it's not true. Thank you! 🥲
Who is "we"? And who are these people?
As far as I know most people in Europe know that without african slave sellers there wouldnt have been any africans in america.
Only today as immigrants like from all over the world. There were even european slaves as far as in Benin.
But this is not well known
@@gratefuldead3750 If you have to ask who “we” is, it doesn’t apply to you. As far as your little “gothcha” attempt, slavery in Europe and Africa was not the same as the horrific chattel slavery practiced in the United States and the atrocities committed against enslaved Africans for centuries. Please take your nonsense to another channel’s comment section.
@@AuroraCreator555 the europan slavery was mostly slavic. Portugal, Spain, Italy was full of slavic slaves.
Slavery in north africa was extremely brutal. Many european slaves worked in the mines or in a stone quarry. Some european slaves ended as far as in Benin.
Mali had some turkish slaves.
Thank You For This!!!
Extremely Appreciated!🥰
This was incredible to watch. Thank you so much.
Thank you for being respectful and thorough with your research and presentation. I’m a black, female viewer and subscriber and appreciate all of your work!
by being respectful you mean to lie?
@@samanthasmith61which of the information presented was false?
How is lying about European history respectful? Tell me
One of the pictures shown for Ignatius Sancho is actually Olaudah Equiano. The same picture is featured in his autobiography.
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It doesn't matter, it's an image of an historical black person. The actual facts can be brushed under the carpet and manipulated for the sake of a TH-cam video!
@@idratherbeaphilthanajustin9533 It doesn’t matter to YOU, but I was pointing out the difference in the photos based on the captures that have been illustrated for each historical figure. As a Professor of African Studies, I’m well of aware of both Ignacios Sancho and Olaudah Equiano and their contributions to history. It’s interesting how many portraits can be recovered for Europeans, but so few can be found for African people because of the lack education and the many efforts involved in trying to erase our history. So it MATTERS.
@@kenbeex90 You are right, it does matter. Which is why I question things like the description to the video where it states there were 15,000 black people living in London. An actual account of this is found in a book called Britons Through Negro Spectacles (1909) in which it claims that black people in Edwardian London didn't number more than 100. Therefore the claim there were 15,000 living there prior to the 19th or 20th centuries looks very exaggerated even for modern progressive thinking.
@@idratherbeaphilthanajustin9533 It doesn’t seem to be exaggerated at all, if not quite correct. The consensus seems to be a number ranging from 15,000 to 20,000, in the latter part of the 18th century. Some sources also specify that 10,000 were located in London, and the other 5,000 to 10,000 in other areas of England. Augustus Merriman-Labor’s claim seems possible, considering he lived during the time and I would assume he is quite familiar with the city’s ethnic makeup at that point, but I could not find anything to support it either.
Thank you for spotlighting these figures! I knew about some of them, but learned much more! I plan to access Sancho's pieces (I am a singer) for future recital performances - people need to know his work!
Thank you SO much for this, Lindsay!!
Thank you so much for including Black History on your channel! Love it! Keep 'em coming!
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Why? Are you that hopeless you need someone to show you the way? Why not pick a book and read😂
@@faithbishop1444 Everyone she talks about is in a book; so, why are you here?
@@faithbishop1444 jogg on mate
An even lesser known figure is Wladislaw Jablonowski, son of an unknown black man and English aristocrat Mary Dealire. Mary's husband, Polish aristocrat Jablonowski, accepted and raised the child as his own. Wladislaw attended the French royal military academy L'Ecole Militaire where he was a classmate of Napoleon.
He fought in various wars for Poland before joining the Polish Legions fighting for France and was promoted to General. He requested to be sent to Saint Domingue (now Haiti) during the Haitian Revolution (the Legions were told it was an uprising by prisoners), where he died shortly after from yellow fever.
Thank you for this......never heard of this gentleman....
...And when the Polish legions arrived in Haiti they fought against the French army alongside the slaves and ultimately won the war against one of the most ruthless guy in History Napoleon Bonaparte. Haiti then became the First Black Republic in 1804. Until today there is a community of Polish descendants in Haiti in a small town named CAZALE northern side of the Capital city of Port au Prince. It's fascinating how Haiti has been a battle ground for centuries and also the land that gave birth to a lot of great souls. Thank you so much for sharing that story.
We're always learning. Thank you for this beautiful history.
Thank you for the zillionth time for taking the time out to make this ☺️. I enjoyed this!
I’ve just rewatched a second time. The first time I couldn’t focus, through the tears. Being a Black American. It’s so hard to see what was done to our ancestors. How the part of me, that is American only exists because of human atrocities. However, I found myself smiling through the tears with pride at these historical figures, who look like me. Thank you again, I love your videos ❤️❤️❤️👸🏾
you can look into more African history and culture before colonialism bs
@Tiffany henderson, some of us "white" folk also find it difficult to hear these details. We feel an outrage at what has been perpetrated on people of color.
Most of my ancestors are European descent. But I have a tiny bit of Native American in my ancestry.. mostly Choctaw & maybe Cherokee. The Trail of Tears chokes me up with tears every time I hear about it. So I can imagine how YOU feel to hear about your African ancestors. Very, very sad.
Glad Mr. Fox & William Wilberforce, among others, worked tirelessly to bring about the abolition of slavery in the United Kingdom. I think Frederick Douglas worked with Abraham Lincoln & others to do so later here in America.
Blessings to you, Sweet Lady!
Oh, come on... stop being so pathetic and emotional about something that didn't even happen to you nor to anyone you know. The past is past. It's gone and there's nothing that can be done about it. You aren't your ancestors and nowadays white people aren't theirs. Move on.
There was no slaves in the uk but they went and abolished it by stopping boats on the seas.
Every race has had a shit life at some point. Do you really think you’re the only ones? Please keep reading history books.
There are certain videos you've made that I go back and re-watch over and over. This video is one of them
This is so fascinating to learn about, thank you for sharing this content!!!
A refreshing take on this angle of history!...Well done!
These stories were so interesting! I especially enjoyed Sancho's story and the first he accomplished
Lindsay, I always appreciate your detailed and informative videos. I love that you don't shy away from researching less talked about historical figures, and I get so excited when you make videos like these! And if I may make a suggestion: instead of using the word "owner" or "slave owner", utilizing the term "enslaver" in this context is more educationally appropriate. Thank you for all of your hard work on these videos, I learn so much from watching them!
they were slave owner.. because they bought them from the enslaver... there are even black enslaver who sold other tribe making them also slave owner. stop trying to change the past! the reality is more educationally appropriate than sugarcoating... they were slave owner or owner the end! if you want to write sugarcoated fairytale like Bridgerton go ahead... black people pretending to be their "enslaver" just because the enslaver has Nice white culture
I 100% agree with your statement. People have the tendency of calling other people "slaves" so loosely, without thinking that they were never "slaves" but enslaved, meaning by force. Thank you!
@@nitziamartin-vazquez4420 no no! they were slaves the end
@@samanthasmith61 Like your ancestors? The peasants...
@@nitziamartin-vazquez4420 like your ancestors? the slaves..
Thank you for this excellent history! Keep up the good work!
Enlightening information. ThNk you do much for posting this !
can't wait to hear more about Dido!!
Thank you for this amazing video. I learned so much and realized there are others who have been hidden like these people were. Thanks for taking the time to share their stories!!
Excellent stories, some I knew and a few I heard for the first time. Thank you.
Amazing research! 👏🏽 I especially like the last one... getting the background of Alexandre Dumas!
So sad that many of them died at such young ages.
Stories like this demonstrate that good history has to account for relationships of all kinds, not just political. People’s everyday life shaped their lives and the destinies of nations as much as their strictly political lives.
I definitely could have watched an individual video on each of these people. So fascinating!!
Same!! I will be researching
Thank you for this! I was thoroughly enjoyable!
I really enjoyed this video. Thanks for presenting such a well researched and entertaining video.
Lindsay, I love listening to your videos; I especially thank you for this one.
This was EXTREMELY informative and just an overall great video. These individuals were unknown to me and makes me want to do deeper dives regarding their lives. As a Black American woman, i am genuinely fascinated by my people's lives internationally, as their lives and histories are rarely expounded on here in the US. Great job! Loved this!
maybe if you focus more on African history
@@samanthasmith61 excuse you? Maybe if i what?
@@trulypatrice Ignore her. I found this fascinating too, and makes ME want to learn more.
@@jonahfalcon1970 thank you. 😊 I decided that i wasn't going to let some troll ruin a great video for me.
These aren't your people
THIS means so much. Thank you for this history. Its freeing. ❤
Absolutely love this history. Omg it’s like I can’t get enough history on this and all history
The Count of Monte Cristo is one of my favorite novels!!! 🖤
Thank you 💗
I've never liked a video so quickly. Incredibly well done!
You’re AMAZING! Thank you!!
Wonderful video, thanks for making it ❤
Holy crap, that storyline at the beginning of Versailles was partly REAL?! Lindsay, you just blew my mind.
how is it real? 💀 they should just dna tested it... they already dna tested marie Antoinette
Loved every second of this video, thank you so much.
This is one of the best videos i've found here. Thanks for such great content!
I have been waiting for this! Love your videos, can’t wait to watch!
I love that you are schooling the sheer IGNORANCE that will sadly ALWAYS exist. I love your channel.. ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you Lindsay for this!
This was some TEEEAAAAAAA!!😁 Thanks so much for such an amazing and informative video.💛
I had no idea that Dumas was a man of colour! Thank you for sharing your knowledge I’m finding your Chanel to be absolutely fascinating ❤❤❤❤
What high school you attended. Do you live in the United States. ♥
The old dumas was a man of colour. Thomas Dumas. Its like ryan giggs.
The father was mixed race carrebean.
This is awesome. But one hiccup. The picture you show when you talked about Ignatius was actually that of Oludah Equiano.
Very eye opening and interesting to learn. The upcoming Joseph Bologna movie, I'm looking forward to seeing. It would be great to see some of these other figures on the big screen to spread more awareness. Well done 👏🏾
After watching videos on the history of Bélizaire and the Frey Children, I was so glad to stumble upon this!!
Hi, Lindsey! I love your work and the effort you put into it, so please don't misunderstand me when I say this video made me incandescent with rage. The direct and indirect violence (physical and social), inhumanity, and disrespect these people were forced to endure for simply existing and how that legacy endures to this very day brought tears to my eyes. Folks may understand how racism hurts the targeted, but they rarely understand how it separates the perpetrators from their own humanity. However, I wouldn't ever skip any of these stories and I'm really glad to see you highlight them.
Great video! Thanks Lindsay!
This was the best video I’ve watched in months!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you for posting!!
Thank you so much for this video!