Aston Wynter

Aston Martin Wynter (c. 1322 - 26 Dein 1394), known as Aston Wynter, was a freed slave born nearby Jumbie City, today Lusby & Corwyn, who became a well-known abolitionist campaigner and politician.

In Denil, Wynter joined League for Skathia, an abolitionist organization composed of prominent Skathians living in Florinthus, who has in contact with prominent Florinthian liberal politicians and intellectuals. Wynter's book "The Life of a Free Man", which denounced slavery in Florinthian colonies, became the first book written by a Skathian in Florithian language to become a major publishing success.

After settling in Denil, Wynter married a Florinthian woman named Mary Peacock in 1358 and they had two daughters. Between 1372 and 1389 they settled in Khokharsa, where Wynter worked as correspondent for the Lordsport Times. Wynter was granted Khokharsan citizenship by President Magnus Bard in 1584, being elected senator in 1386. He returned to Florinthus in 1391, where he died. Wynter's death was recognized in Florinthian as well as Khokharsan newspapers. Plaques commemorating his life have been placed at buildings where he lived in Denil and Khokharsa. Since the early 16th century, when his collected works were published in Florinthian language for first time, he has been increasingly studied by a range of scholars in both Khokharsa and Brigidna. An university in Ontjupa, Khokharsa, is named after him.

Early life and education

Wynter was born in a settlement nearby Jumbie City, Lusby & Corwyn. An ethnic Magbo, Wynter's parents were born in area between present-day southern Sequoia and northern Batavia. They were both likely kidnapped and taken far away from their hometown and sold to slave traders. They were transported with 300 other enslaved Skathians across the Lauren Sea before being sold to Florinthian settlers in the Mandavines.

Wynter was born probably in late 1322, his parents were named Aston and Martina. At age eleven, he was sold to Captain John Williamson, who sent him to his recently married sister in Florinthus, where he was allowed to attend school and learned to read and write. In Fenridge, Wynter worked for Williamson's brother-in-law, a well-off merchant. His new master allowed Wynter to buy his freedom, which he achieved in 1346 at age 22.

He worked as a sailor for a while until 1351, when he was recruited by Michael Patton, a Goldecian established in Lordsport, who hired Wynter to help select Skathian slaves and manage them as labourers on sugar cane plantations in the Mandavines. However, Wynter left his job in 1353, moving to Denil late that year. There, he would find a job as typographer. Wynter expanded his activities and social life in Denil, joining debating societies.

In 1356, Wynter met Mary Peacock, a Florinthian women of poor background. They married in 1358, and their first daughter, Mary Ann, was born in 1360.