Mary Seacole: Black history colouring page
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A4 colouring page of Mary Seacole. Drawn in india ink with a dip pen.
Mary Seacole was born in Jamaica during the period when many black people in the Caribbean were forced to work as slaves. Although Mary’s mother was black, her father, James Grant, was a white Scottish army officer and Mary was born a ‘free person’. Mary’s mother taught her traditional Jamaican medicine and she would practise on her doll, dogs and cats, and on herself.
During the Crimean War, Mary travelled to England and approached the British War Office, asking to be sent as an army nurse to the Crimea where she had heard there were poor medical facilities for wounded soldiers. She was refused. She therefore funded her own trip to the Crimea, where she founded The British Hotel, giving a place of respite for sick and recovering soldiers.
Mary Seacole was born in Jamaica during the period when many black people in the Caribbean were forced to work as slaves. Although Mary’s mother was black, her father, James Grant, was a white Scottish army officer and Mary was born a ‘free person’. Mary’s mother taught her traditional Jamaican medicine and she would practise on her doll, dogs and cats, and on herself.
During the Crimean War, Mary travelled to England and approached the British War Office, asking to be sent as an army nurse to the Crimea where she had heard there were poor medical facilities for wounded soldiers. She was refused. She therefore funded her own trip to the Crimea, where she founded The British Hotel, giving a place of respite for sick and recovering soldiers.
