Neglected History You Should Know

Neglected History

Belinda from Ghana 

(born 1712)

known as Belinda Royal, Belinda Royall, or Belinda Sutton
 enslaved by the Royall family

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Belinda mid-18th c. — late 18th c. – Slavery and Remembrance

Belinda Sutton and Her Petitions – The Royall House & Slave Quarters 

“Petition of an African slave, to the legislature of Massachusetts.” From The American Museum, or Repository of Ancient and Modern Fugitive Pieces,
Prose and Poetical
. For June, 1787. Volume 1. Number 6. Philadelphia: Mathew Cary, 1787. [PDF]

Rivera, A. “Belinda Royall (1712- ?),” Blackpast.org. 

Belinda – Wikipedia


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