Sarah Forbes Bonetta
To mark 400 years since the arrival of African slaves to America, David Olusoga reflects on the life of Ina, a young Dahomeyan girl sold into slavery and gifted to Queen Victoria.
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.
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- Wed 20 Nov 2019 22:45Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
- Wed 13 Oct 2021 22:45Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
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