The Mary Seacole Trust said it believed the damage ... said the memorial would be "cleaned and restored to its original design". Getty Images The statue of the 19th Century Jamaican-born nurse ...

1857 Her autobiography The Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands is published. 1881 Mary dies in London. A statue of Mary Seacole outside St Thomas' Hospital. Seacole died in 1881 and ...

Mary Seacole, a self-taught nurse of Jamaican ... "It's about acknowledging our contribution to Britain." A memorial statue of Seacole was erected in 2016 in her honour in the grounds of London's ...