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Elizabeth Swain Bannister
1785–1828
United Kingdom
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Biography
Elizabeth Swain Bannister (also known as E. S. Bannister and Elizabeth Swayne Bannister, ch. 22 February 1785 – 1828) was a free woman of colour from Barbados. She gained her freedom when her aunt Susannah Ostrehan manumitted her in 1806.
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