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Daniel Ross RS, Surveyor General of India
What was it about Daniel Ross (1780–1849) that he, a freed slave and bastard, reached the acceptance and respect of the highest levels of British Society? If Daniel was overcome his lowly birth as bastard, freed slave and of colour, he … Continue reading
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