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Artist pays tribute to a former slave in a London church
250 years after he was baptised in St James Church, Piccadilly, paintings of Quobna Cugoano by the artist Che Lovelace are on display. He was a respected abolitionist in 18th Century Britain but, despite his significant role in the abolition movement, his story is not that well-known. He was one of the Sons of Africa, a group of black Britons who wrote letters to British newspaper editors and members of Parliament to campaign against the slave trade and slavery.
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