Haitian Chamber of Commerce in the GB
Promotes commercial ties between Haiti and Great Britain.
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A Haitian Kreyòl term meaning 'rebel women'. It is a project sponsored by the Leverhulme Trust and the Institute of Black Research at the University of Central Lancashire. Its aim is to research th...
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Marie-Louise Christophe
First and only queen of Haiti. Born Marie-Louise Coidavid into a free black family. In 1793 she married Henri Christophe, a slave purchased by her father who owned a hotel. According to legend Hen...
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Daniel Barrett
Daniel was brother to Harriet and Thomas. He lived in or near Three Colt Street and died in or before 1886. Daniel Barrett was born on 29 December 1806 in Bloomsbury, Middlesex (now Greater Londo...
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Thomas Barrett
Thomas was brother to Harriet and Daniel. He lived near Stepney Gate (probably near the junction of Commercial Road and White Horse Road) and died in or before 1886. Thomas Barrett was born on 17...
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Harriet Barrett
Benefactor. Sister to Thomas and Daniel. Unmarried in 1886. Source: MDFCTA. Harriet Barrett was born on 15 December 1816 in Walworth, Surrey (now Greater London), the seventh of the nine children...
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G. A. Henty
Author. Born George Alfred Henty in Trumpington, near Cambridge. He volunteered for the Army Hospital Commissariat, and was sent to the Crimea, where he witnessed the appalling conditions under whi...
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Beryl Swain
Motorcycle road racer. Born Beryl Tolman. In 1962 she was the first woman to compete in the Isle of Man TT race. This upset the male-dominated world of motorcycle racing, and she was banned from fu...
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Rhoda Garrett
Rhoda Garrett was an English suffragist and interior designer. Cousin to the 3 sisters: Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, Millicent Fawcett and Agnes Garrett. Born Derbyshire. She had a difficult childh...
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Agnes Garrett
Agnes Garrett was an English suffragist and interior designer and creator of residential accommodation for independent working women in London. Sister to Elizabeth Garrett Anderson and Millicent F...
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