“- a Madonna and child - was famous. It had been in the family for over two hundred years, bought with some of the compensation the Miltons received after the Abolition of Slavery Act when they had to give up their plantation in the Caribbean (and you definitely didn't talk about THAT).” CompensationAbolitionCaribbean HistoryAbolition Of Slavery Act Book:Death at the Sign of the Rook Source: Death at the Sign of the Rook