Dido’s exact position within Lord Mansfield’s household is unclear, but the evidence suggests that she was brought up as a lady alongside her cousin Elizabeth Murray. In the most significant of these, the case of James Somerset (1772), Lord Mansfield ruled that slavers could not forcibly send any slaves in England out of the country. Ihre Eltern waren nicht verheiratet. As Dido had been born in 1761, this would place Maria as a young mother of around 15 years of age at the time of Dido’s birth. They lived in Pimlico, London, where the boys went to school, until Dido’s death in 1804 at the age of 43. Discover some of London’s famous residents who took the historic first steps to open up new opportunities for women, and are now commemorated by blue plaques. [4], Das historische Drama, das von der wahren Geschichte der Dido Elizabeth Belle inspiriert wurde, wird von 20th Century Fox vertrieben und hatte seine Premiere beim Toronto International Film Festival am 8. Dido Elizabeth Belle (c. 1761, Índias Ocidentais – 1804, Londres) foi uma socialite britânica do século XVIII.Ela nasceu na condição de escrava, sua mãe Maria Belle, era uma escrava africana das Índias Ocidentais e seu pai era John Lindsay, um oficial da Marinha Real Britânica.Seu pai foi nomeado cavaleiro e promovido a almirante. Lindsay is not recorded as the father, but he probably supported Maria over the next ten years, or at least stayed in contact, as in 1774, Maria travelled from England to Pensacola, America, to take possession of a plot of land gifted to her by Lindsay, and where she was to build a home. He presided over a number of court cases that examined the legality of the slave trade. Es war ein Gemälde: Die nigerianische Drehbuchautorin Misan Sagay erzählt, wie sie auf die Geschichte von Dido Elizabeth Belle stieß. Kameramann Ben Smithard liefere „eher dunkle, wohl komponierte und sorgsam kadrierte Bilder, die Dialoge sind geschliffen, gerne hintersinnig und elegant“. Eines Tages verliebt sich die junge Frau in den Sohn eines Vikars. Handlung von Dido Elizabeth Belle Dido Elizabeth Belle (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) wurde 1762 als uneheliche … As I am currently doing research into Mansfield Park, I especially appreciated the extra essay at the back discussing Jane Austen's work and its relationship to the Lord Chief Justice. September 2013. In 1765, Lindsay moved with Belle to England, where she lived with royals and eventually became a wealthy heiress; her life was the subject of the 2013 film "Belle." Tochter von Admiral und Ex-Sklavin . Credit David Appleby/Fox Searchlight “When we first began to search for primary resources on her, one of the documents that was available was a (contract) conveying a lot that was owned by Sir John Lindsay when he was stationed in Pensacola in 1764-1765. Das Drama beruht auf der wahren Geschichte von Dido Elizabeth Belle (1761-1804), eines kleinen schwarzen Mädchens, inmitten der englischen Gesellschaft des 18. This was a much smaller sum than that given to her cousin Elizabeth, but it is unclear if this was because of Dido’s race or her illegitimate status. [5][6] In Deutschland kam der Film am 14. Dido Elizabeth Belle (1761–1804) was raised as part of an aristocratic family in Georgian Britain. Dido remained at Kenwood without the close companion with whom she had grown up. This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Dido Elizabeth Belle article. Das Drehbuch stammt von Misan Sagay. The Royal Navy’s ships were used to protect British trade routes, and up until 1807 and the abolition of the British slave trade this included protection of the British slavers as well as capture of enemy ships and their cargo as prizes. We do not know where or how Maria and Lindsay first met, but during 1760 his ship the HMS Trent, was sailing around the coasts of Senegal and the Caribbean. The Earl, also known as Lord Mansfield, was at the time the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, the highest ranking jurist in … She was born into slavery; her mother, Maria Belle, was an African slave in the British West Indies. But it was extremely unusual at this time for a mixed-race child – who had been born to a former enslaved mother – to be raised not as a servant, but as part of an aristocratic British family. He presided over a number of court cases that examined the legality of the slave trade. Of Lindsay’s surviving children, Dido was entrusted to the care of her father’s uncle William Murray, Lord Chief Justice and later 1st Earl of Mansfield, owner of Kenwood in north London. From 1756 to 1788 Dido’s great-uncle Lord Mansfield was Lord Chief Justice, the most powerful judge in England. It was not unheard of for a powerful aristocrat to be the legal guardian to an illegitimate relation. Dido Elizabeth Belle wächst als nichteheliche Tochter eines Admirals der königlichen britischen Marine und einer afrikanischen Sklavin bei ihrem Großonkel, dem Aristokraten Lord Mansfield, und dessen Gattin in England auf. Sie war die uneheliche Tochter eines Admirals der königlich […] In den Hauptrollen sind Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tom Wilkinson, Miranda Richardson und Emily Watson zu sehen. Dido Elizabeth Belle died in July 1804, and was buried in the St George Hanover Square extra-parochial burial ground in Bayswater Road. Dido’s health and comfort were also cared for, her birthday remembered in June each year with a gift of 5 guineas. Als die kleine Dido ihren Vater, einen angesehenen britischer Admiral, kennenlernt, ist ihre Mutter, eine Sklavin aus Afrika, bereits tot. Dido was buried at St George’s Church burial ground in Tyburn (near the modern Bayswater Road). Dido beginnt mit vollem Einsatz für die Sache zu arbeiten – sehr gegen den Willen ihres Großonkels, der als Richter in diesem Fall das Urteil zu fällen hat. In his summing up at the trial in 1772 he is recorded as describing slavery as ‘odious’, but as Lord Chief Justice he had to adhere to a strict reading of the law. In the Pensacola property record, Maria is referred to as previously being enslaved: ‘a Negroe Woman of Pensacola in America but now of London afore and made free’. Dido Elizabeth Belle (1761 – July 1804) was a British heiress and a member of the Lindsay family of Evelix. Das Drama beruht auf der wahren Geschichte von Dido Elizabeth Belle (1761-1804), eines kleinen schwarzen Mädchens, inmitten der englischen Gesellschaft des 18. It would be another 35 years after the Somerset case before the transatlantic slave trade was abolished, and a further 26 years after that before the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833 finally put an end to the practice across the British Empire. Die Handlung des Films ist inspiriert von der wahren Geschichte der Dido Elizabeth Belle, die die gemischt-rassige Tochter eines Royal Navy Admirals ist. Januar 2021 um 23:28 Uhr bearbeitet. Dido Elizabeth Belle (1761–1804) was raised as part of an aristocratic family in Georgian Britain. Dido Elizabeth Belle (2013). The first record of Maria is on Dido’s baptism entry of 1766, at St George’s Church, Bloomsbury, in which Maria Bell is noted as the mother, and Dido Elizabeth is five years old. From 1757 to 1767, Lindsay was sailing around Jamaica and West Africa, Haiti, Cuba and America, in a period when Britain was engaged in the Seven Years War – a war with France and her allies over the ownership of the colonies in America and the Caribbean. August 2014 ins Kino.[7]. Her grave was moved during redevelopment of the site in the 1960s. Bewegende Geschichte. Mit Belles Hilfe überzeugt er Lord Mansfield, den obersten Richter des Landes, besonders grausame Auswüchse der Sklaverei im England des 18. Ihr Vater bringt Dido nach Hampstead, in das Haus seines Onkels Lord Mansfield und seiner Frau. Der Film sei „wohltemperiertes Bildungskino, das die Gemüter kaum erhitzt“. Sie wird von ihrem aristokratischen Großonkel Lord Mansfield und dessen Frau aufgezogen. Lindsay is referred to as Dido’s father in several sources, but the most puzzling one relating to Maria, is by a guest at Kenwood in 1779. Wegen ihrer Hautfarbe und der herrschenden Gepflogenheiten darf sie aber nicht am gesellschaftlichen Leben der Familie teilnehmen. [9], Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle der Filmwirtschaft, Toronto film festival 2013: the full line-up, https://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dido_Elizabeth_Belle_(Film)&oldid=207583512, „Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike“. Jahrhunderts. Der film-dienst urteilte, der Film sei ein „beeindruckender Kostümfilm über die Emanzipation einer Frau“, dem durch „den Gerichtsprozess, der das Ende des Sklavenhandels in Großbritannien einläutete“, auch politische Bedeutung zukomme. The price to confirm her freedom is dated 22 August  1774, the manumission transaction for ‘the sum of two hundred Spanish milled dollars ... paid by Maria Belle a Negro Woman Slave about twenty eight years of age’. This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject. England 18. In contrast to her early life in the grand environment of Kenwood, Dido’s later life was of a comfortable but middling status. Dido was the illegitimate daughter of Admiral John Lindsay and an African slave woman, and was born around 1763. However, public opinion about the practice was changing. Die Handlung des Films ist inspiriert von der wahren Geschichte der Dido Elizabeth Belle, die die gemischt-rassige Tochter eines Royal Navy Admirals i… Dido Elizabeth Belle is best known for the 1779 painting of her alongside her cousin, Lady Elizabeth Murray, the great-niece of William Murray, The First Earl of Mansfield. Von der wahren Geschichte der Dido Elizabeth Belle (1761 - 1804), die in der Londoner Adelsschicht für Wirbel sorgte, sind nur wenige Einzelheiten bekannt. Her father was Sir John Lindsay, a British career naval officer who was stationed there. The sitter in the white gown to the left is Dido Elizabeth Belle. Dido’s aristocratic upbringing is apparent in her expensive silk gown and pearl necklace. 1769 gibt Captain Lindley seine Tochter Dido Elizabeth Belle, illegitimer Spross aus dessen Beziehung mit einer afrikanischen Sklavin, in die Obhut von Lord Mansfield und dessen Gattin. While recalling Dido’s story, Hutchinson describes Dido in 1779: A Black came in after dinner and sat with the ladies and after coffee, walked with the company in the gardens, one of the young ladies having her arm within the other. Der junge Mann ist Idealist und überzeugter Gegner der Sklaverei. [3] Die Filmwebsite kino.de, bezeichnete Dido Elizabeth Belle als „eine Art Schwesterfilm zu Steve McQueens 12 Years a Slave“. Jahrhundert: Als uneheliche Tochter eines britischen Admirals und einer afrikanischen Sklavin wächst Dido Elizabeth Belle (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) bei ihrem aristokratischen Großonkel (Tom Wilkinson) auf. However, as Dido was born in 1761, Hutchinson’s remark does not help solve the mystery of how or when she came to England. She was born in England in 1761 to an African woman, Maria Bell(e), who had previously been enslaved in the Caribbean (Roulston 648). Jahrhundert den Weg zur Abschaffung der Sklaverei in Grossbritannien ebnete, unbekannt. The only known portrait of Dido Belle shows her standing beside her cousin Lady Elizabeth Murray on the terrace at Kenwood. In 2013 the film Belle, starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw, brought a fictionalised version of Dido’s story to an international audience. She lived there with her great-uncle William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, the Lord Chief Justice. There is evidence of African people in Roman Britain and black communities have been present since at least 1500. Mansfield was clearly aware of this and in his will of 1782 he made sure to protect his niece’s rights, clearly stating that Dido was a free woman. Dido Elizabeth Belle (Originaltitel: Belle, Verweistitel: Belle – Die Nichte des Lords ) ist ein britisches Drama von Amma Asante aus dem Jahr 2013. She lived there with her great-uncle William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, the … She also received an annual allowance. Frühen Lebensjahren . [8] Die Filmzeitschrift Cinema verglich den Film angesichts der „prachtvollen Kulissen und romantischen Verwicklungen“ mit den Jane-Austen-Filmen. Er verlangt, dass das Mädchen dieselbe Ausbildung bekommt wie ihre Halbcousine Lady Elizabeth. Noch ungewöhnlicher ist die Geschichte hinter dem Bild, die Asante sehr frei nacherzählt. Dido also supervised Kenwood’s dairy and poultry yard, a common hobby for genteel women at the time. Later that year Dido married a steward (a senior servant) named John Davinier, originally from France, and the couple went on to have three sons – twin boys, Charles and John, baptised in 1795, and then another son, William Thomas, baptised in 1800. Gelobt wurden das „sorgfältig ausgearbeitete Drehbuch von Misan Sagay“ sowie „die Schauwerte, vom Produktionsdesign über die Kostüme bis hin zu den herrschaftlichen Villen“. Sie bekommt zwar eine gute Ausbildung, wird aber wegen ihrer Hautfarbe ausgegrenzt. To improve security and online experience, please use a different browser or, https://www.youtube.com/user/EnglishHeritageFilm, All Things Georgian: Dido Elizabeth Belle - New information about her siblings. Ihr Vater Sir John Lindsay war ein britischer Adliger und Marinekapitän, und ihre Mutter Maria Belle war eine Afrikanerin, die Lindsay vermutlich auf einem spanischen Schiff in der Karibik gefunden hat ( über sie ist sonst wenig bekannt). Elizabeth was also brought up in the care of Lord Mansfield at Kenwood after her mother’s death in 1766. However, art historians have noted that it is not just the colour of her skin that marks Dido as different. Die Qualität des Films liege „in dem Umstand, dass die Regisseurin es versteht, Problemkreise wie Rassismus, Kolonialismus und männliche Vorherrschaft mit leichter Hand, ohne erhobenen Zeigefinger zu untersuchen und zudem zeitbezogene politische Themen“ anzusprechen. One of the women, now identified as Dido Elizabeth Belle, looks over with a cheeky, enigmatic smile, as if daring her viewer to figure her out. Lindsay had certainly been involved in the capture of several foreign ships, including French, Dutch and Spanish – not all of which were slave trade ships – and in 1762 he had fought in the battle for Havana, where Spanish ships were taken. There are no known surviving direct descendants; her children’s line seems to have ended with Dido’s great-great grandson, Harold Charles, who died in Johannesburg in 1975. Jahrhunderts, wie das Massaker auf der Zong zu verurteilen. While the Somerset case was a significant point along the road to abolition, it didn’t end the slave trade. The mothers and infants, all except for Maria and Dido, are recorded in the baptism records at Port Royal, near Kingston, Jamaica, where the Royal Navy had a base for repairing their ships. In den Hauptrollen sind Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tom Wilkinson, Miranda Richardson und Emily Watson zu sehen. Es ist selten, dass der Zuschauer bestens unterhalten wird und gleichzeitig etwas dazulernt, wie in diesem Werk - mir zumindest war die Geschichte der Dido Elizabeth Belle und der juristische Fall des Sklavenschiffes Zong, welcher im ausgehenden 18. Sie war die uneheliche Tochter eines Admirals der königlich britischen Marine und einer afrikanischen Sklavin. Within the complicated class and status hierarchy it was not unusual for an illegitimate child to receive less financial acknowledgement, but still be regarded as a family member. In John Lindsay’s obituary, which confirmed him as Dido’s father, the London Chronicle noted that ‘[her] amiable disposition and accomplishments have gained her the highest respect from all his Lordship’s relations and visitants’. Indeed, her presence in the portrait may be surprising: Belle is black. We don’t know whether his affection for Dido influenced Lord Mansfield’s opinions on the slave trade. Elizabeth was just a year older than Dido and they would have been close companions. Dido spent much of her life at Kenwood House on Hampstead Heath in north London. Jahrhunderts. This article is of interest to the following WikiProjects: WikiProject Women's History (Rated Start-class, Low-importance) When he died in 1793, Lord Mansfield left her an annuity of £100 and a lump sum of £500 (approximately £40,000 in today’s money). The English Heritage Podcast is available on Soundcloud and all major podcast platforms. It may not display all the features of this and other websites. Given how little information is actually known about Dido Elizabeth Belle, Byrne does a remarkable job teasing out who she must have been from the very few clues. Dabei ist die historisch verbriefte Geschichte der Dido Elizabeth Belle unbedingt erzählenswert. Dido spent much of her life at Kenwood House on Hampstead Heath in north London. Jahrhundert. We know that she was taught to read, write, play music and was graceful and at ease in the presence of invited guests. She was enslaved from birth in the British West Indies, the daughter of an enslaved African woman and British military officer Sir John Lindsay. The portrait of the two women is highly unusual in 18th-century British art for showing a black woman as the equal of her white companion, rather than as a servant or slave. Im Film wird die wahre Geschichte von Dido Elizabeth Belle erzählt, die 1761 in die Sklaverei geboren wurde und von 1865 bis 1804 tatsächlich als freie Frau in England lebte. The basket of tropical fruit she carries and the turban with expensive feather that she wears suggest an exotic difference from her more conventionally styled white cousin, who is sitting reading a book. William Hutchinson, an American visitor remarked on Dido’s presence, and recalls being told that her mother had been a slave on a Spanish ship captured by Lindsay, and brought to England. As Dido passes by her seated cousin, Elizabeth reaches out a hand to catch her – ‘stay a moment’, she seems to be saying. Dido Elizabeth Belle (Originaltitel: Belle, Verweistitel: Belle – Die Nichte des Lords[3]) ist ein britisches Drama von Amma Asante aus dem Jahr 2013. England im 18. Read about the remarkable lives of some of the women who have left their mark on society and shaped our way of life – from Anglo-Saxon times to the 20th century. She was the illegitimate daughter of a young black woman named Maria Bell and a Royal Naval officer, Sir John Lindsay. The artist David Martin seems to portray a moment caught. When Dido's mother died, making her an orphan at the age of six, her father came to claim her before returning to his family home at Kenwood House in Hampstead. Jahrhundert: Als uneheliche Tochter eines britischen Admirals und einer afrikanischen Sklavin wächst Dido Elizabeth Belle (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) bei ihrem aristokratischen Großonkel (Tom Wilkinson) auf. You are using an old version of Internet Explorer. Dank ihrer väterlichen Abstammung genießt sie bestimmte Privilegien – etwa eine gute Ausbildung. The artwork depicts two high-born women, both in lavish 18th-century dresses, and both gazing good-naturedly out from the painting. In episode 78 of the English Heritage podcast, we’re joined by Cathy Power and Sarah Murden to discuss the story of Dido Belle and her life at Kenwood in north London. Join presenter Charles Rowe every Thursday as we bring the history of our sites to life with news, views and expert interviews. Diese Seite wurde zuletzt am 12. Dido Elizabeth Belle (c. 1761–July 1804) was a British aristocrat of mixed heritage. Die dunkelhäutige Frau namens Dido Elizabeth Belle (1765-1808) ist die uneheliche Tochter eines Admirals der königlichen Marine und vermutlich einer ehemaligen Sklavin. Das Drehbuch stammt von Misan Sagay. Dido Elizabeth Belle was the illegitimate daughter of Sir John Lindsay (1737–88), an officer in the Royal Navy, and an African woman named Maria Bell(e). The spelling of Bell had now become Belle, which is consistent with all later written records that we have for Dido. Im Abspann des Films wird erwähnt, dass dies ein erster Schritt zur Abschaffung der Sklaverei in England war. Dido Elizabeth Belle wurde um 1761 in Britisch-Westindien geboren. Belle was born the illegitimate daughter of Admiral Sir John Lindsay of the Royal Navy and Maria Belle, a slave who he met en route from England to Jamaica around 1761. Gugu Mbatha-Raw plays Dido Elizabeth Belle, the illegitimate daughter of a British admiral. Black histories are a vital part of England’s story, reaching back many centuries. Now a young woman in her twenties, Dido would have become increasingly involved in the care of Lord Mansfield in his old age, and in turn, he treated with her with affection. She was the illegitimate daughter of a young black woman named Maria Bell and a Royal Naval officer, Sir John Lindsay. Dido Elizabeth Belle was a girl born into slavery of mixed race, whose mother was a black African woman, Maria Belle and whose father was Rear Admiral Sir John Lindsay, nephew of the 1st Earl of Mansfield. Ihre Mutter befand sich auf einem spanischen Schiff das John Lindsay in der Karibik kaperte. Dido Elizabeth Belle. Es ist eine bewegende Geschichte, die in „Dido Elizabeth Belle“ auf eine vielleicht etwas zu anrührende Weise gezeigt wird. Her daily activities however would have changed on the death of Lady Mansfield in 1784, and on the marriage in 1785 of her cousin Elizabeth. Das britische Drama von Amma Asante erzählt die wahre Geschichte von Dido Elizabeth Belle, der unehelichen Tochter eines britischen Aristokraten. In 1764, Dido Elizabeth Belle’s father was knighted, and a year later he returned to duty in the West Indies. Find out more about Kenwood, the mansion on the edge of London’s Hampstead Heath which was transformed by Robert Adam for Lord Mansfield and is now home to a world-famous art collection. Sie bekommt zwar eine gute Ausbildung, wird aber wegen ihrer Hautfarbe ausgegrenzt. Dido lived at a time when the transatlantic slave trade was at its height, and Britain’s economic prosperity relied on slave labour in the Caribbean and Britain’s American colonies. Joanne Major, All Things Georgian: Dido Elizabeth Belle - New information about her siblings (2018) (accessed 23 September 2020), Paula Byrne, Belle The True Story of Dido Belle  (2014), Dido Belle in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (subscription required; accessed 23 September 2020), John Clune Jr. and Margo S. Stringfield, Historic Pensacola (2009). England im 18. During this time Lindsay fathered more illegitimate children, with Dido being the eldest of five children by five different mothers, of whom four were certainly of African heritage. Her father was the nephew of the Earl of Mansfield.

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