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Tuesday 12 January 2016

Meet The Yoruba Slave Who Became Goddaughter To The Queen Of England (Photos)


 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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