Malvina Wells

Malvina Wells (1804 – 22 April 1887)[1][2] was the only known person buried in Edinburgh who was born a slave.

[2][3] This entry showed Malvina Wells was aged 13; mulatto signified her father was white, and her mother was black.

[2] She worked for Joanna Isabella Macrae née Maclean, daughter of John McLean, who owned slaves in Carriacou.

[2] By 1861, Malvina Wells lived at 42 Thistle Street, Edinburgh, as head of household, with a boarder named Mary Johnston, dressmaker.

[2] Malvina Wells is buried under a marble headstone erected by the Macrae family in the graveyard of St Johns Church, Princes Street, Edinburgh.