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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Joseph Draper

Mary Seacole honoured as first non-British black woman on Royal Mint coin

A new Royal Mint coin in honour of a 19th-century Jamaican nurse who cared for British soldiers is the first to feature a named black woman from outside the UK.

Mary Seacole, who had a Scottish father, overcame racism in her home country to nurse soldiers wounded during the Crimean War in the 19th century.

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