John Ystumllyn
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john-ystumllyn-207-4012555
title:
John Ystumllyn
text:
John Ystumllyn, also colloquially known as Jac Du or Jack Black, was an 18th-century gardener and the first well-recorded black person of North Wales. John was of uncertain origin, possibly a victim of the Atlantic slave trade, and from either West Africa or the West Indies. Early in his life he was taken by the Wynn family to its Ystumllyn estate in Criccieth, where he was christened with the name John Ystumllyn. Here he was taught English and Welsh by the locals. He learned horticulture and cr
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18th-century black Welsh gardener.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ystumllyn
date created:
2019-10-12T02:06:28Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T22:49:18Z
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