13/01/2016

Lady Sara Forbes The Yoruba Slave Who Became Goddaughter To The Queen Of England

              

Lady Sara Forbes Bonetta (1843-1880) was a Yoruba Egbado Omoba who was orphaned in
intertribal warfare, sold into slavery, and in a remarkable twist of events, was liberated from enslavement, and became a goddaughter to Queen of England, Queen Victoria.



                     

                        





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