Black Victorians

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

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The Black Victorians. Who were they? And why haven’t we heard more about them? Similar to the legend that was Dido Elizabeth Belle, a biracial aristocrat (unearthed by filmmaker Amma Asante, who immortalized her in Belle), the Black Victorians are a virtually forgotten people ... read on...