John Edmonstone
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| Gender | Male |
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| Born | Dumbarton |
| United Kingdom | |
| Job | taxidermist |
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| ID | 1555016 |
John Edmonstone Life story
John Edmonstone was a black enslaved man probably born in Demerara, British Guiana, who later gained his freedom. He learned taxidermy from Charles Waterton, whose father-in-law Charles Edmonstone had a plantation in Demerara. After he was freed, Edmonstone came to Glasgow with his former master, Charles Edmonstone.
