Sarah Forbes Bonetta

Sarah Forbes Bonetta was a child born into a royal West African dynasty. She was orphaned in 1848, when her parents were killed in a brutal Nigerian slave-hunting war. 

 

She was captured and later given to Queen Victoria by Captain Fredrick. E. Forbes of the Royal Navy who received Sarah as a gift from King Ghezo of Dahomey. Mr. Forbes then gave her to Queen Victoria as a “gift”.