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Nathaniel Wells : ウィキペディア英語版 | Nathaniel Wells
Nathaniel Wells (10 September 1779 – 13 May 1852), was the son of a Welsh merchant and a black slave. After inheriting his father's plantations, Wells became a wealthy land owner, magistrate, the second black person to hold a commission in the Armed Forces of the Crown (after Captain John Perkins). He was also Britain's first black High Sheriff. ==Family==
Wells was the son of William Wells, who emigrated from a rich Cardiff family to St Kitts, where he was a successful slave trader and latterly became a wealthy plantation owner. After his British wife died, William began fathering children by his slave women – at least six, all by different women.〔(BBC – South East Wales History – Remembering Slavery: Nathaniel Wells: The Black Welsh Slave Owner )〕 Although rape was a well known practice, Wells looked after both the children and their mothers, giving them their freedom and sums of money to live on—including Nathaniel's mother, Juggy,〔In the 18th century "Juggy" was a common English pet-form of "Joan". In later records however, Wells's mother is referred to as "Joardine" Wells, (), possibly a variant spelling of "Jourdaine".〕 and leaving the bulk of his estate to Nathaniel.
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