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Mar 215 min read
John Courtoy, hairdresser, investor, miser, and enigma
Mr Courtoy, who died a few days ago, was a native of France, and, when young, served in the French army. He was by trade a hairdresser,...
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Nov 16, 20232 min read
Dido Elizabeth Belle - Etienne Daly's Decade of Research
Etienne Daly has been researching the life of Dido Elizabeth Belle for a decade now. In that time, he has uncovered some fascinating...
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Apr 13, 20238 min read
Dido Elizabeth Belle: revealing her half-siblings
This is an updated post of my original on a former blog. It reveals information about Dido Elizabeth Belle’s siblings, much of which was...
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Jun 29, 20223 min read
A reimagining of Dido Elizabeth Belle
Dido Elizabeth Belle was born in 1761. Her mother was an African slave, Maria Bell, and her father a British aristocrat, Captain John...
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