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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Nadine White

Anger as plaque for enslaved Black man axed after ‘wrong’ image used: ‘do all slaves look the same?’

The Wolverhampton Society

Campaigners have been left furious after a blue plaque dedicated to an enslaved African man appears to feature the wrong image.

The fixture, organised by the Wolverhampton Society (TWS), was commissioned to honour George Africanus, who was enslaved by and worked for the Molineux family in the city before becoming one of the UK’s first Black entrepreneurs.

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