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This young man was born in Africa and spoke with a broad Lancashire accent. The scarification marks on his face show he came from the Igbo people living in modern-day Nigeria. In August 1765, when he was 16 years old, he escaped slavery from the Reverend Thomas Clarkson, rector of Heysham Church. Heysham is 5 miles from Lancaster. He was described as having ‘beautiful features… a small lump on his forehead, with his country’s marks on his temples’. Revd Clarkson advertised in three newspapers for his return, presumably without success. We do not know his real name but in 2022/2023 Lancaster children named him Afamefuna meaning ‘My name will not be lost’ in the Igbo language. Commissioned from Lela Harris by Judges Lodgings Museum in partnership with Lancaster Black History Group, Lancaster University and the Institute for Black Atlantic Research at University of Central Lancashire.