Unfortunately, not everybody who lived in Hammersmith & Fulham thought that Black people and other ethnic minorities should have the same rights as White people.
When they were alive these opinions were not uncommon, but today we know they are wrong.
Below are examples of famous local historic figures who played a negative role in the Britain's Black history.
Sir Nicholas Crisp, 1599 to 1666
Crisp was a wealthy merchant and royalist who supported Charles I during the English Civil War.
He is famous for his brickworks. Crisp was also involved in the slave trade.
Using glass beads he made on-site at his house, Crisp bought and sold slaves across the Atlantic.
Frederick Marryat, 1792 to 1848
Today, Marryat is famous for his children’s stories about naval adventures during the height of the British Empire. His father, Joseph Marryat, was a known slave-owner and fought against the end of the slave trade.
Like his father, Frederick defended the slave trade and believed that Africans were not ready to be free.
His stories also contained wrong and hurtful descriptions of Black people.