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Black Tudors: England's Other Countrymen

Dan Snow's History Hit

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Henry Antony Jetto - The Blackamor

Henry antony jetto was a blackamor who wrote his own will. He had six children and one child out of wedlock, called john cuthbert. Those seven children went on to have 32 grandchildren, and many great grandchildren that are related to him. And i have met some of those descendants in modern day worcestershire. They are obviously not a part of a visible eni minority, but they certainly do and can trace their origin from henry anthony jetto. So this african population, we don't know how many, just like we don’t know how many people in the country full stop, let alone their ethnic make up. But

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