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![Baptism Record of John Yorke, 1776](https://d1xknzn7m6thdw.cloudfront.net/resources/yorkshire-dales-black-youth-of-1776/pr-mak-1-3-c1776-b-lanscape-1_280w.jpg)
Baptism Record of John Yorke, 1776
Add to board![Baptism record of John Yorke, 1776](https://d1xknzn7m6thdw.cloudfront.net/resources/yorkshire-dales-black-youth-of-1776/pr-mak-1-3-c1776-b_280w.jpg)
Baptism record of John Yorke, 1776
Add to board![Photograph of George Yorke, grandson of John Yorke](https://d1xknzn7m6thdw.cloudfront.net/resources/yorkshire-dales-black-youth-of-1776/yorke-1_280w.jpg)
Photograph of George Yorke, grandson of John Yorke
Add to board![Mrs Jenny Thornton (nee Yorke) as a child](https://d1xknzn7m6thdw.cloudfront.net/resources/yorkshire-dales-black-youth-of-1776/mrs-thornton-2_280w.jpg)
Mrs Jenny Thornton (nee Yorke) as a child
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![Transcript of the 1776 record of the village of Marske, Yorkshire](https://d1xknzn7m6thdw.cloudfront.net/resources/thumbnails/VAKmX5oO3zIYJWaBCJN8wAnkaigr6VDbCK2WIUWU_280w.jpeg)
Transcript of the 1776 record of the village of Marske, Yorkshire
Add to board![A family tree showing six generations of the descendants of John Yorke](https://d1xknzn7m6thdw.cloudfront.net/resources/yorkshire-dales-black-youth-of-1776/family_tree_280w.jpg)
A family tree showing six generations of the descendants of John Yorke
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A local paper account of Mrs Thornton's discovery of her slave ancester
BBC: Abolitionists in Yorkshire
BBC History: Slavery and the Building of Britain
Hidden History at Yorkshire Dales National Park
Uni of Glasgow Fictional Slave Plantation in Minecraft