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3 unusual facts about George Africanus


George Africanus

Darcy Molineux raised George Molineux's father John (1685-1754) in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, before settling in Wolverhampton around 1700.

Len Garrison, director of Afro-Caribbean Family and Friends (AcFF), ensured that Africanus was included in Nottingham Castle's 1993 Black Presence exhibition.

George John Scipio Africanus (c. 1763–19 May 1834) was a West African former slave who became a successful entrepreneur in Nottingham.



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