Thursday, June 23, 2011

potofgoldoverthedigitalrainbo: auntada: Lady Sarah Forbes...

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Lady Sarah Forbes...
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Lady Sarah Forbes Bonetta Davies, photographed by Camille Silvy, 1862


Sarah Forbes Bonetta Davies was a child born into a royal West African dynasty. She was orphaned in 1848, when her parents were killed in a slave-hunting war. She was around five years old. In 1850, Sarah was taken to England and presented to Queen Victoria as a “gift” from the King of Dahomey. She became the queen’s goddaughter and a celebrity known for her extraordinary intelligence. She spent her life between the British royal household and her homeland in Africa until her death in 1880.



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