𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗜𝗦 𝗦𝗔𝗗! 😥 Gravesite of escaped slave | Bradford

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𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗜𝗦 𝗦𝗔𝗗! 😥 Gravesite of escaped slave | Bradford | Leeds

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11 ай бұрын

** 𝗪𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘃𝗲 **
This story was pretty difficult to cover due to vague information from very few sources, hence the year of birth on ancestry is 1840 (NOT 1848)!
Abraham Johnson. He was born in Zanzibar around 1840.
He was enslaved as a teenager and his enslavement took him to China, Japan and India. He escaped slavery in South-East Asia before working as a crew member on board a ship that brought him to Liverpool .
Abraham Johnson was living in Leeds from around 1864 until 1868 when he returned to sea as a crew member on a ship travelling from Liverpool across the Indian Ocean and back . From 1881 he lived in a lodging house on Longlands Street in Bradford with his wife and daughter. He became a street vendor selling pamphlets and newspapers.
By 1888, when he was painted by John Sowden, he was using a cane perhaps due to injuries caused in a ship wreck .
He died in Armley jail in Leeds in 1910 and was buried at Killingbeck cemetery in Leeds. Sources: Street Characters of a Victorian City - Gary Firth (1993).
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𝗢𝗰𝗰𝘂𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗢𝗳 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲
Abraham Moakley 13 March 1910 (70)
Sarah Duffy 24 March 1910 (38)
Edward Cosgrove 29 March 1910 (37)
Catherine Morgan 31 March 1910 (78)
John Campbell 07 April 1910 (53)
Mary Ellen McCabe 18 May 1910 (15)
Bridget O'Melia 19 May 1910 (71)
Clifford Webster 22 May 1910 (2)
Elizabeth Stevens 22 May 1910 (7)
James Francis Leach 24 May 1910 (4)
Thomas Lavin 12 September 1915 (29)
Henry Cogan 15 September 1915 (45)
Eliza Ryan 17 September 1915 (46)
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@BradfordThroughTheLens 11 ай бұрын

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@Woobysgirl69 11 ай бұрын

Hi... Could you possibly do a video at some point on the history of still born babies that are supposedly buried in a mass grave in bowling cemetery? How far it's true I don't know.. But would absolutely love to find out.. They were apparently taken there from St lukes hospital in the 50s and 60s? Thankyou I'm a big fan of your vlogs

@BradfordThroughTheLens 11 ай бұрын

@michellewade9751 Hi, actually I know few mass graves of babies. On my list to do. Thank you for letting me know.

@Woobysgirl69 11 ай бұрын

Thankyou looking forward to it 🙂 x

@spudspuddy 6 ай бұрын

just cos he was once a slave doesn't mean he was a great guy, he might have been a total ahole and a lazy bones, they were only punished if they did terrible things, usually to the slave girls, lots of white men in britain were hanged for less

@jeria985 11 ай бұрын

How lovely that the cemetery were thoughtful enough to cut the grass around the gravestone. And thank you for covering this story. There is so much we don't know about this lovely city. Keep them coming!

@BradfordThroughTheLens 11 ай бұрын

Absolutely, I'm really impressed with the layout and landscape of the place. Thank you for watching, and your support drives me to go and film more stories 🙏

@gemstar501 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for this. I've often wondered about the black population through the centuries in Bradford and their back story. You've just brought one of them to life. Would love to find more. RIP Abraham ❤

@BradfordThroughTheLens 11 ай бұрын

Totally agree 👍🏾 I might come across something similar in future. Thanks for commenting and watching .

@marilynn76 11 ай бұрын

Oh my goodness! My 2nd great grandfather is buried at Killingbeck. His name was Isaac Hillas, and he was originally from Low Moor. He died in 1902 and was buried in one of those group graves that were seen in this video. I have a photo of the stone. He lived on Sowood Street in Kirkstall at the time of his death.

@BradfordThroughTheLens 11 ай бұрын

It's so sad. Could you pls send it to us via Facebook messenger? I am interested. Thanks for watching.

@ryan.1990 11 ай бұрын

Poor fella, bet he never thought he'd be remembered all these years later

@BradfordThroughTheLens 11 ай бұрын

😒

@19410831 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for remembering this poor man; may he rest in peace. Glad to hear he was given the dignity of a Catholic funeral by Fr Nicholson. A priest was - and is still - often the only person to give someone on the margins of society the respect of proper spiritual care & comfort at the end of their life.

@BradfordThroughTheLens 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching and commenting.

@isabelbaxendale5581 11 ай бұрын

Great video! RIP Abraham. Nice to hear a shout out for the lads at Killingbeck. They work hard. Cutting that grass on a site that size is like painting the Forth Bridge!!

@BradfordThroughTheLens 11 ай бұрын

I love the cemetery. First time I been. Well maintained. Thanks for watching.

@imanihekima1659 11 ай бұрын

Well done, Riaz. A lot of detail packed into telling this story.

@BradfordThroughTheLens 11 ай бұрын

👍🏾

@MrIrrepressible 11 ай бұрын

Zanzibar to japan. Sounds like he was victim of the arab slave trade. Glad he managed to escape bondage. Humans can be so evil to each other.

@BradfordThroughTheLens 11 ай бұрын

Yes , you are right. Arab slave trade.

@giggles8458 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for the tour, and the story.

@BradfordThroughTheLens 11 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@codsPompey 11 ай бұрын

Great work and extremely interesting video as per usual! Well done.

@BradfordThroughTheLens 11 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊

@christopherpickles7541 6 ай бұрын

So much about my old home town of Bradford I knew nothing about. Thank you.

@markmemphis7313 11 ай бұрын

This channel never fails to deliver! Another educational upload. Top job Riaz 🙌

@BradfordThroughTheLens 11 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊

@chrisgoodwill3818 11 ай бұрын

That’s one string Yorkshire accent! Great video 👍🏻

@Nik_Taylor 11 ай бұрын

Hi Riaz nice to see you back and with another heartbreaking story, R.I.P Abraham i hope hes resting well, so much information about Abraham in such a short video, it was a heartbreaking story about abraham but at least he got a decent funeral, he will be remembered by all who watch your amaing videos, well done Riaz i love coming to watch your videos i learn so much from them, until next time stay safe ❤

@BradfordThroughTheLens 11 ай бұрын

Thank you. His name is not even on the stone , which makes it worse. So sad.

@Nik_Taylor 11 ай бұрын

@@BradfordThroughTheLens yeah so true ❤️

@BradfordThroughTheLens 11 ай бұрын

@@Nik_Taylor see you on the next blog 😀

@Nik_Taylor 11 ай бұрын

@@BradfordThroughTheLens you certainly will Riaz 😄❤️

@andyclegg1 11 ай бұрын

Great Video Thanks

@BradfordThroughTheLens 11 ай бұрын

You're welcome

@peterb3772 3 ай бұрын

Great video, Riaz. Thank you for sharing. I noticed he was married and had one daughter. It makes me curious about whether he has any living descendants. 👍

@BradfordThroughTheLens 2 ай бұрын

I did think about that, too. I couldn't really find anything in my initial research. Thanks for commenting 🙂

@coley1skipton 5 ай бұрын

Interesting story, well done, one of the better kept cemeteries you have visited.

@BradfordThroughTheLens 5 ай бұрын

Thank you

@ImranKhan-K11A17 11 ай бұрын

Really interesting story can imagine the tales this man could tell us if he only could. Hope he has found peace

@BradfordThroughTheLens 11 ай бұрын

You could make a movie out of this guy.

@ImranKhan-K11A17 11 ай бұрын

@@BradfordThroughTheLens Really could would be more interesting than the trash Holywood is making lol

@BradfordThroughTheLens 11 ай бұрын

@ImranKhan-K11A17 lol. By the way , are you a Councillor?

@ImranKhan-K11A17 11 ай бұрын

@@BradfordThroughTheLens No unfortunately not why do you ask

@BradfordThroughTheLens 11 ай бұрын

@@ImranKhan-K11A17 Just had a feeling 😕

@AnimalMagic1 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for another interesting video .. albeit a sad story about Abraham ..👍👍..

@BradfordThroughTheLens 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for listening

@naz0079 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the information.

@BradfordThroughTheLens 11 ай бұрын

👍🏾

@GraveVisitations 11 ай бұрын

Sad his inscription is not on the headstone. It would be nice if the community got together and made it happen. Zanzibar famous for Freddie mercury also.

@BradfordThroughTheLens 11 ай бұрын

Absolutely 💯 Thanks Buddy 👍🏾 Keep up the good work.

@stephengraham5099 11 ай бұрын

If the watercolour was on display it would have done no harm taking a photo of it, as long as the flash wasn't used of course.

@simmy3076 11 ай бұрын

Love the story with the link

@djhscorp 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing.

@BradfordThroughTheLens 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching.

@catherineloftus1376 5 ай бұрын

All my and my Husbands, deceased family members are burried in Killingbeck Cemetery. My Great Grandparents, Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, and sadly our beloved and sorely missed Parents. David Uliwalli ( not sure the surname is correct) who was tragically hounded to his death by a couple of rogue men who were policemen. The Men if you could call them men, were found guilty and served time. Davids life sounds to follow the same path as Abrahams, David was black, homeless and from what I've read he had mental health problems. David is burried in a communal grave, we have put an artificial flowers on his resting place few times. RIP Abraham and David.

@BradfordThroughTheLens 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing your story. This is so sad. It's a really bad passage of time. Yes , it definitely sounds similar. I will need to visit Killingbeck Cemetery again at some point. Thanks.

@lindamarshall-ur9tk 11 ай бұрын

Thank you.

@BradfordThroughTheLens 11 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

@fatlad5090 11 ай бұрын

great video

@BradfordThroughTheLens 11 ай бұрын

Cheers 🍻

@foxfootfemale 11 ай бұрын

I guess there graves are like the "Guinea graves" you may be buried in a mass grave but if the family could afford it a guinea got your name on the stone

@BradfordThroughTheLens 11 ай бұрын

👍🏾

@BradfordThroughTheLens 11 ай бұрын

By the way, Stone Town has been inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000.

@fatlad5090 11 ай бұрын

slave trade was brutal. Should never of happened. Dont know why it didn't get stopped straight away. They is a lot of African people living in bradford still to this day.

@BradfordThroughTheLens 11 ай бұрын

It was brutal when I started looking into it.

@fatlad5090 11 ай бұрын

@@BradfordThroughTheLensat school we watched the film roots. When I went to Lower fields middle school on fenby avenue in the 90s. That film is very moving. have you seen it. Its a long film. Its shows you the slaves getting snatched out of there villages and loaded onto ships. By African crime Lords. The ship journeys were horrible.

@BradfordThroughTheLens 11 ай бұрын

@@fatlad5090 Classic movie. They wouldn't put that on TV now. Kunta Kinte!

@fatlad5090 11 ай бұрын

@@BradfordThroughTheLens 👍

@jamespilkington7576 11 ай бұрын

I bought 2 great books from bowling museum. 1 was called murder by gaslight victoriana bradford. 12 stories of murder from all around bradford. Great book. There really are some good books on bradford history in bowling Hall museum

@BradfordThroughTheLens 11 ай бұрын

👍🏾