Belle: the slave daughter and the Lord Chief Justice
The sensational true tale that inspired the major motion picture Belle starring Tom Wilkinson, Miranda Richardson, Emily Watson, Penelope Wilton, and Matthew Goode—a stunning story of the first mixed-race girl introduced to high society England and raised as a lady.
The illegitimate daughter of a captain in the Royal Navy and an enslaved African woman, Dido Belle was sent to live with her great-uncle, the Earl of Mansfield, one of the most powerful men of the time and a leading opponent of slavery. Growing up in his lavish estate, Dido was raised as a sister and companion to her white cousin, Elizabeth. When a joint portrait of the girls, commissioned by Mansfield, was unveiled, eighteenth-century England was shocked to see a black woman and white woman depicted as equals. Inspired by the painting, Belle vividly brings to life this extraordinary woman caught between two worlds, and illuminates the great civil rights question of her age: the fight to end slavery.
Belle includes 20 pages of black-and-white photos.
Antislavery movements -- England -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction
Belle, Dido Elizabeth
Belle, Dido Elizabeth, -- 1761-1804 -- Fiction
Biography & Autobiography
England -- Race relations -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction
Enslaved persons
Enslaved persons -- England -- Biography -- Fiction
Family
Historical fiction
History
Illegitimate children
Illegitimate children -- England -- Biography -- Fiction
Mansfield, William Murray
Mansfield, William Murray, -- Earl of, -- 1705-1793 -- Family -- Fiction
Mansfield, William Murray, -- Earl of, -- 1705-1793 -- Fiction
Nobility
Nobility -- England -- Biography
Nonfiction
Race relations
Racially mixed people
Racially mixed people -- England -- Biography -- Fiction
9780062310781
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Grouping Title | belle the slave daughter and the lord chief justice |
Grouping Author | paula byrne |
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Grouping Language | English (eng) |
Last Grouping Update | 2024-04-26 02:10:38AM |
Last Indexed | 2024-04-26 02:21:04AM |
Solr Fields
The sensational true tale that inspired the major motion picture Belle starring Tom Wilkinson, Miranda Richardson, Emily Watson, Penelope Wilton, and Matthew Goode—a stunning story of the first mixed-race girl introduced to high society England and raised as a lady.
The illegitimate daughter of a captain in the Royal Navy and an enslaved African woman, Dido Belle was sent to live with her great-uncle, the Earl of Mansfield, one of the most powerful men of the time and a leading opponent of slavery. Growing up in his lavish estate, Dido was raised as a sister and companion to her white cousin, Elizabeth. When a joint portrait of the girls, commissioned by Mansfield, was unveiled, eighteenth-century England was shocked to see a black woman and white woman depicted as equals. Inspired by the painting, Belle vividly brings to life this extraordinary woman caught between two worlds, and illuminates the great civil rights question of her age: the fight to end slavery.
Belle includes 20 pages of black-and-white photos.
eBook
eBook
9780062310781
HarperCollins
Belle, Dido Elizabeth, -- 1761-1804 -- Fiction
England -- Race relations -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction
Enslaved persons -- England -- Biography -- Fiction
Historical fiction
Illegitimate children -- England -- Biography -- Fiction
Mansfield, William Murray, -- Earl of, -- 1705-1793 -- Family -- Fiction
Mansfield, William Murray, -- Earl of, -- 1705-1793 -- Fiction
Nobility -- England -- Biography
Racially mixed people -- England -- Biography -- Fiction
Belle The Slave Daughter and the Lord Chief Justice
Belle, Dido Elizabeth
Biography & Autobiography
Enslaved persons
Family
History
Illegitimate children
Mansfield, William Murray
Nobility
Nonfiction
Race relations
Racially mixed people
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