
The Abolitionist who owned a thousand slaves
John Coakley Lettsom was a doctor and noted abolitionist – or opponent of slavery – who accidentally ended up owning about a thousand slaves
John Coakley Lettsom was a doctor and noted abolitionist – or opponent of slavery – who accidentally ended up owning about a thousand slaves
A shocking example of vintage corporate racism with a 1923 Christmas card where African employees were treated as design accessories as Tony McMahon reports