Reasonable Blackman

Reasonable Blackman ( 1579–1592) was a silk weaver of African origin who lived in Southwark, London, in the late 16th century. He may have come to London via the Netherlands, which had a tiny African population at the time from Spanish and Portuguese colonies

The first record of Reasonable is dated to 1579 in the Parish records of St Saviour's church (later Southwark Cathedral), where he is described as a “blackmor” or "blackmore" , a popular term at the time used to denote people of a Sub Saharan African origin, looking for a reservation for the Easter Sunday service.