๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ: Lost Inheritance ๐
๐๐๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ: Obert Holl โ๏ธ
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Lost Inheritance is a family bio spanning 5 generations. William Holl the Elder was born in 1771. He was an engraver engaged in engraving Corbouldโs drawings of the antique marbles in the British Museum. William married Mary Ravenscroft, and they had four sons. During the Spa Fields Riots, he exposed himself to great risk by hiding the ringleader, Watson.
William Holl the Younger was the son of William Holl the Elder. Out of his nine children, the youngest was Harry Patrick Holl aka Pat. As Pat was his father’s only surviving son, most of the family treasures were handed down to him. Because of the relative shortage of white women, Pat married a black woman named uMsoli Mkwananzi. They became parents to four coloured children. Years later, Pat met a young widow named Genevieve Paula Bailley Blazina. She had a baby son named Renรฉ. Pat married her and took her on honeymoon to England.
Hello sent uMsoli to her village. uMsoli then left Intuta village to get married and moved to live in Avoca. She left her children behind. Because of their mother’s decision to leave her children behind, the kids lost their inheritance from their father. Pat’s black children suffered and thought if they would have been white, Pat wouldn’t have hated them.
This is a unique story. Those who enjoy reading memoirs with historical and political context should get their hands on this book. The title of the book is suitable. The author has shared great insights about Zimbabwe’s colonial and post-colonial land reforms.
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