LORETTO \u2014 Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin was born into privilege. He was a prince, the son of a Russian ambassador to the Netherlands and godson of Russian Czarina Catherine the Great.<\/p>\n
Godfrey Wilmore was once legally considered to be property. He was a slave, likely a valet or house servant, who eventually earned enough money to buy his freedom.<\/p>\n
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