What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: George Africanus 1763-1834 Formerly enslaved West African Servant to the Molineux Family, Baptised in St Peters Church. Lived Here Recorded plaque organisation: Wolverhampton Creative Collective.
George Africanus was a formerly enslaved individual from West Africa who served the Molineux family; his baptism at St Peter's Church marks an important personal and historical transition from slavery to freedom.
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