#dido elizabeth belle

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Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Dido Elizabeth Belle Belle (2013) dir. Amma Asante

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une reine sans le hameau | iridessence shot with Kelly Lenza

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Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Dido Elizabeth Belle in Belle (Film, 2013).

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Belle (2013) dir. Amma Asante

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Belle (2013) dir. Amma Asante

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In honour of fourteen discovering aesthetic attraction please enjoy ten of my aesthetic crushes - I had no idea my type was so obvious

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Black Historical Figures I think are cool af!

Happy Black History Month! Below the cut you’ll find a list of 10 black historical figures I think are super cool (and often overlooked in favour of their white/non-black counterparts) all of the figures are inspirational to me in some way and I think anyone can learn from their examples, regardless of race.

Dido Elizabeth Belle aka Dido Belle Lindsay - staying the course of your beliefs, knowing you deserve better. Knowing what’s right is more than possible.

Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-George(s) - don’t let anyone take your talents and passions from you. Those who treat you wrong don’t deserve you.

Phillis Weatly/Phyllis Weatly - no matter what you’ve been subjected to, don’t let anyone take your voice from you.

James Armistead Lafayette - fight (spy) for what you believe in. You may turn out to be the most powerful piece in the fight.

Harriet Tubman - no matter the evils of the world, there are good people out there, don’t forget your strengths and allies.

Freda Josephine Baker (née McDonald) best known simply as Josephine Baker - dance and keep dancing, no matter how bad things are. You only live once.

Bessie Coleman - pursue your dreams no matter who tells you that you can’t. You may match them in renown yet.

Gladys Bentley - wear what you want, speak how you want, and love whomever you choose.

Martha P. Johnson - be here, be queer, and speak truth to power.

Maya Angelou born Marguerite Annie Johnson - write, write, write, oh… and don’t fear life.

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Period dramas dresses tournament: Grey/Silver dresses Round 1- Group A: Elizabeth Dido Belle, Belle (gifset) vs Katrina Van Tassel, Sleepy hollow (gifset)

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Belle (2013)

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Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Dido Elizabeth Belle in Belle (2013)

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Everyone thirsting over Sam Reid now as if he wasn't a dreamy abolitionist in Belle 2013

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Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Dido Elizabeth Belle Belle (2013) dir. Amma Asante

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*intro to Age of Consent plays* | XX

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Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Dido Elizabeth Belle in Belle (Film, 2013).

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YouTube GIFs || Crows’ Eye Productions: Getting Dressed in the 18th Century — Dido Elizabeth Belle (1779)

In the later 18th century, two young women grew up together at Kenwood House, near London. Such was the affection in which the two young women were held, that their uncle, Lord Mansfield, commissioned a joint portrait of them from the accomplished Scottish portraitist, David Martin. Dido Belle and Lady Elizabeth Murray came into the care of Lord and Lady Mansfield when they were both very young; Elizabeth after the death of her mother and Dido at the request of her father, Captain John Lindsay.

… Dido was born in England. Her father, Maria Belle, was an enslaved African woman who had become the mistress of Captain Lindsay. Her mother’s history remains uncertain, but Dido and Elizabeth were cousins and they were cared for, educated, and loved equally by Lord and Lady Mansfield. … Dido Belle, loved and respected by her uncle, Lord Chief Justice Mansfield whose rulings in cases of slavery paved the way for abolition, may be more important than we can ever know.

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Belle (2013) dir. Amma Asante