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Francis Barber

Jamaican manservant and assistant of Samuel Johnson

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About Francis Barber

Francis Barber, born Quashey, was the Jamaican manservant of Samuel Johnson in London from 1752 until Johnson's death in 1784. Johnson made him his residual heir, with £70 a year to be given him by trustees, expressing the wish that he moves from London to Lichfield, Staffordshire, Johnson's native city. After Johnson's death, Barber did this, opening a draper's shop and marrying a local woman. Barber was also bequeathed Johnson's books and papers, and a gold watch. In later years he had acted as Johnson's assistant in revising his famous Dictionary of the English Language and other works. Barber was also an important source for James Boswell concerning Johnson's life in the years before Boswell himself knew Johnson.

Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image by Joshua Reynolds via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain).

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Occupation: domestic worker, sailor, house servant
Citizenship: Jamaica
Born: 1742, 1743
Died: 1801

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