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”.
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