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The table shows people of African descent  who lived in Bristol. Scipio Africanus  (1720) was one of them.

By 2001, some sixty years of 'Asian migration' had had a discernible impact on Bristol's cityscape.

 The National Archive, E179/113/103: 1440 grant of Alien Subsidy, Bristol return dated 27 July 1441 (extract)

Thaddeus Kosciuszko was born in Poland on February 4, 1746, son of Ludwik and Tekla Kosciuszko.

Raja Rammohan Roy was born of a distinguished Brahmin family in Bengal.

This brass crown dating from the early 1700's, was probably used as a ceremonial piece for trades processions in Bristol.

The Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery is a large museum and art gallery in Bristol, England.

This Concert Hall, owned by the City Council, was erected in 1867 and named in honour of local merchant Edward Colston.

Captain Woodes Rogers (1679-1732) is remembered in a plaque on 33-35 Queen Square, he was Captain of a voyage around the world from 1708 to 1711, w

Dating back to at least 1745, the Ostrich Public House is one of the pubs which Sailors, shipyard and dock workers, merchants and others used when

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