Ann Yearsley, Bristol Milk Woman & Poetess

Ann Yearsley (1753-1806), Bristol Milk Woman and Poetess. Milkmaid from Bristol discovered by the famous aristocrat writer Hannah More, who helped her publish a volume of poems in 1785. Bristol was an important port in the slave trade between Africa and the British colonies, and in 1788, Ann published A Poem on the Inhumanity of the Slave-Trade. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry, published by Alexander Hogg at the Kings Arms, 16 Paternoster Row, London, 1787

18th Century Alexander Hogg Fichu Kings Arms Milkmaid Oval Portrait Paternoster Row Poems Poetess Slave Trade Wilson Lowry

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