Francis Barber and Dr. Johnson in the City of London

I have been looking at the touching story of the long relationship of trust and care that grew up between Dr Samuel Johnson, the first and wittiest lexicographer of the English language and a young man of colour who lived in his household and in the end was the main beneficiary of his will.  Read about it here:-

https://richardcohentraveller.wordpress.com/2021/04/09/francis-barber-and-dr-johnson-at-gough-square/