https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/10/24/the-little-visitors-i/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Wed, 28 May 2025 08:40:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/10/24/the-little-visitors-i/#comment-1729246 Wed, 28 May 2025 08:40:14 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=201371#comment-1729246 Thanks for posting this story. Do you know of other writings by Barton Hack?
Other early settlers in South Australia campaigned against slavery. Buxton, for example.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/10/24/the-little-visitors-i/#comment-1636507 Thu, 24 Oct 2024 09:04:19 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=201371#comment-1636507 This reminds me of a true story from the East Neuk of Fife near my home in Scotland. One of the villages had a black boy who was a slave and the local people were so upset by this they organised themselves and fought for his freedom. They were successful and he became a valued part of their community.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/10/24/the-little-visitors-i/#comment-1636493 Thu, 24 Oct 2024 07:33:51 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=201371#comment-1636493 So many slaves and yet this country will not own up to any financial reparation to the slaves’ descendants .

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