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Radio 3,20 Nov 2019,14 mins

SeriesLegacies of 1619

Sarah Forbes Bonetta

The Essay

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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

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