Erection date: 14/9/2016
Bill Richmond, freed slave, boxer, entrepreneur, spent the last evening of his life here with his friend Tom Cribb 27 Dec 1829.
A BBC History Project
SW1, Panton Street, 36
The Richmond plaque can be seen in our photo, between the lamppost and the two blackboards.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Bill Richmond
Boxer. Born a slave in Richmondtown, Staten Island, New York. He become a ser...
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Bill Richmond
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Bill Richmond
Tom Cribb, 1781 - 1848, bare knuckle champion lived here. English Heritage
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