Sarah Forbes Bonetta
David Olusoga on the life of a girl sold into slavery and gifted to Queen Victoria.
The Essay · BBC Radio 3
November 20, 201916m 40s
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Show Notes
To mark 400 years since the arrival of African slaves to America, David Olusoga reflects on the life of Sarah Forbes Bonetta. As a young Dahomeyan girl called Ina, she was sold into slavery and, in an extraordinary twist of fate, was gifted to Queen Victoria and became her goddaughter Sarah Forbes Bonetta.
Producer Neil McCarthy