Regular contributor, John Ellis, has taken a break from discovering Black sailors at the Battle of Trafalgar, to unearth the sad story of Richard Umhala, the son of an African Prince, who died, aged just 8, in Bradford in 1848. Read John’s article to find out how Richard came to be in Bradford http://historycalroots.com/a-great-favourite-with-both-officers-and-men-richard-umhala-an-african-prince-in-victorian-bradford and why he is buried over 6,000 miles from his birthplace (and, given that Richard would have made much of his journey by sea, the actual distance he traveled would have been far greater).
