Rita Singer on Nostr: Dig a little and the life stories I find about people in #Wales are just amazing. I ...
Dig a little and the life stories I find about people in #Wales are just amazing. I was tipped off about the existence of a 44-second long clip called "Mr Amos Brown, Pig Keeper", about a man lovingly feeding his pigs.
Just a few web searches away, I have found Mr Brown's story. He was born in either 1856 or 1864 either as an enslaved person or the son of enslaved parents in Florida and Georgia. He was shanghaied and brought to Wales, from then on making his way through the world as professional magician, boxer, cyclist, sprinter, miner, you name it, before eventually turning his hand to pig farming in the Cynon Valley. He was married twice and left a gaggle of descendants who still live in Wales. Man! This needs to be honoured in the #Bywgraffiadur.
#BlackHistoryIsWelshHistory
Film source: https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-mr-amos-brown-pig-keeper-1943-online
Bio source: https://www.cvhs.org.uk/hanesarchive/2017_Hanes_79.pdf (pg 5)
Just a few web searches away, I have found Mr Brown's story. He was born in either 1856 or 1864 either as an enslaved person or the son of enslaved parents in Florida and Georgia. He was shanghaied and brought to Wales, from then on making his way through the world as professional magician, boxer, cyclist, sprinter, miner, you name it, before eventually turning his hand to pig farming in the Cynon Valley. He was married twice and left a gaggle of descendants who still live in Wales. Man! This needs to be honoured in the #Bywgraffiadur.
#BlackHistoryIsWelshHistory
Film source: https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-mr-amos-brown-pig-keeper-1943-online
Bio source: https://www.cvhs.org.uk/hanesarchive/2017_Hanes_79.pdf (pg 5)