Amazing story! Someone looked down at as never to own even a proverbial hut over her head, has become one with untold mansions. Thanks for sharing!
MOA
(I never knew October is the Black History Month in the UK. I only know that it's February in the US. Maybe we need 10 more nations of the world to adopt the other10 months as their Black History Months, and we will have our history studied and heard all-year long)!
On Wednesday, October 5, 2022 at 06:05:54 AM EDT, 'Adeshina Afolayan' via USA Africa Dialogue Series <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com> wrote:
Sarah, who was born in Dahomey, West Africa, in 1843, started life as a baby called Omoba Aina. Tragically, her parents were killed by slave-trading ruler King Ghezo, a tyrant who liked to practice human sacrifice.
Ghezo kept the little girl captive until Royal Navy Captain Frederick Forbes – who was on a mission to convince the King to end his involvement in the slave trade – discovered Sarah.
Sarah Forbes Bonetta: The little girl who became a princess after being 'gifted' to Queen Victoria
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