A Girl Adopted by the Queen Had to Return to Africa
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- Remember Queen Victoria, the British monarch who once ruled the biggest empire in the world? The time of her reign was the Victorian Era, people donned Victorian fashion, and buildings were constructed with distinctive Victorian architecture. But there’s one thing not many people know about the Queen: she once adopted an African girl, thus saving her life!
In 1850, a British emissary arrived in Dahomey. Buying and selling captives were still common in this West African kingdom. In fact, its ruler, King Ghezo, was known to capture people from rival tribes. That’s why Captain Frederick E. Forbes of the Royal Navy was sent there to carry out this noble mission. During his stay, the African king introduced him to one of his most valuable prisoners. And it was... a 7-year-old girl named Aina.
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Enslaved princess 0:59
A “gift” for Queen Victoria 1:28
The new life of the girl 3:27
Her marriage 6:11
Why she had to return to Africa 7:59
#Queen #Africa #brightside
SUMMARY:
- Fast-forward to 1850, and a British emissary arrives in Dahomey, which would be part of present-day Benin. Buying and selling captives was still common in this West African kingdom.
- During his stay, the African king introduced him to one of his most valuable prisoners. And it was... a 7-year-old girl named Aina.
- The poor child lost her entire family, while she herself was enslaved.
- There were talks that Aina was going to be used in a sacrifice. When the British officer came to know of the girl’s fate, he decided to rescue her at any cost.
- Soon the two of them left for Britain. His ship that they sailed on was called HMS Bonetta, and the child was given a new name in both the captain and the ship’s honor: young Aina was now Sara Forbes Bonetta.
- For a child that hadn’t received any proper schooling, she really was a bright kid!
- Sara’s bright mind and charm didn’t go unnoticed by the Queen herself either. They first met in 1850 at Windsor Castle.
- The Queen paid for her education and made sure that she grew up into a real English lady. She cared for her so much that she became her godmother.
- When she was 8 years old, was sent to Sierra Leone, which was a British colony at the time. She attended a missionary school there for the next 4 years.
- By that time, Captain Forbes had, unfortunately, passed away, so Sara was sent to live with a missionary named Reverend Schoen and his wife.
- When she turned 19, the Queen decided it was time for Sally to get married. A suitable match was found in no time, and that was Captain James Pinson Labulo Davies, a British naval officer and businessman.
- Since Davies lived and worked in Lagos, which was yet another British colony in Africa, Sara followed him there and started working as a teacher.
- Sara Forbes Bonetta lived an extraordinary life. Wherever she went, whatever challenges she faced, she remained a true lady and an aristocrat in her own right.
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Hey there, BrightSiders! Would you like to spend some time in a royal family?
Yes please
NOPE
ToxicSox 24 what would you do there?
Video Checker why so?
CAN U PLZ UPLOAD A VIDEO ON AMAZING FACTS???
Disney: Write that down quick!
Kody Larson lol
Hahahaha
Kody Larson 😂😂
LOGIC!
Hahaha
I wish they taught us more history like this in school❗️🙌🏾
Rose Pocahontas what was the coolest history fact you learned at school?
@@BRIGHTSIDEOFFICIAL nothing
@@BRIGHTSIDEOFFICIAL to sit down
Tru4e
Forreal. In my history class, our teacher was too concerned with proving that the moon landing was faked in a studio somewhere 🙄.
She did not adopt the "African girl" to save her life. That "African girl" was Nigerian Royalty and was GIVEN to Victoria as a gift as if she were some sort of object or something.
💯💯💯 they literally spin all these stories in their favor.
Exactly I can't believe that people are so gullible to believe these lies.
Spugie Woogie so your saying it’s better if he left her to die then :/
@@jimmyjay3437 I don't believe these lies and the intentions of those people can never be trusted. The real question is, what did Europeans do while in Africa??? How many lives did they save hmmm? I can write a whole encyclopedia about that. In fact let's make a couple movies 💯 It's laughable that someone created this story and Africans themselves are here commenting as if they are soooo proud! It's all in the mind!
@@spugiewoogie2257 who tf is proud of that...you are not the only one schooled enough to know what happened so don't take it out on others. AFRICANS ARE NOT OUT HERE FEELING PROUD ABOUT THAT.
As a Nigerian, I am extremely glad you decided to bring this story to light. You made my year
As the Yoruba boi I am , I’m not are people got killed by some bummy Benin people , who tf talks about Benin now kilode
Nigeria 4 life
Joy is Amazing 🙌
Don Pely VEVO funny asf😒
@OLABISI OLAOLAITAN Because it is not true. Not one picture about them in the video together, come on... men are more practical than to believe in romantic tales.
I'm a Nigerian and an avid reader of history and came across this story several years ago. I guess this clip was meant to be a light-hearted introduction to the story of Sarah Forbes Bonetta because the crux of the story and the thinking behind taking Sara to England was touched on only very briefly which was preparing her for missionary service. While Sara may have developed a close relationship with Queen Victoria, she was in reality part of a social experiment. The aim was to create a gentrified class of Africans and plant them in Africa to enable the colonization of that part of the continent. Britain was engaged in a battle for supremacy not just with other European powers that had vested interests in Africa but also disputes with local Kings and tribal chiefs who were not too willing to allow the British dominate their land, their people and their trade rights.There were many Africans like Sara, (although none who had the royal connections with British Monarchy ),who were educated, gentrified and became part of an elite class in places like Nigeria that formed a bridge between Britain and the indigenous Africans. It didn't always go well.
Sister once I heard how she was going to be sacrificed, I just knew the bull was about to start. They didn’t fool me a bit. I just know this story is 75% false. Much love from the US
It didn't always go well indeed, when you think about it, the seed of Rwanda genocide was kind of sowed when Germany and later Belgium used "divide and conquer" in Rwanda and Burundi.
Thank you for telling the other side of things. For sure some things are not what they seem at first glance.
I guess, Dohomey must also not be true!
What do you think would have happened if she was not taken to England?
If we learned stuff like this I wouldn’t be falling asleep in history
True that
Ohh ohh for me i should go and get some sleep than believing this constructive story. Where you at??
You did learn about stories like this. They are all over the place. White Supremacy and the exploitation of Black people. This child was treated like a pet.
This is my great ancestor...her daughter married a man named John Randle....he was related to my grandfather ....we spell Randall differently though.
History is actually pretty interesting well African history because we basically learn just European, American and white history but when we start learning about African history so many African histories nobody knows about and it’s interesting
I wish I could see the real pictures of them though, 😅
Hello!
Joansky Joan *cough* google *cough*
Just google sara bonetta you will see many pictures for her
What's the point of watching it on CZcams if i still need to waste my time and data to see who's who on Google 🙄 cough susmaryosep cough.
There are a few available online
So a human being offered as s gift is strange. But a person being forced into slavery isn’t? Hmmm
He didn't say that. Both arent only strange but cruel and inhumane
latayia hicks What made you think it wasn’t? 🤣
Bastos tong babae na to kung magcomment naghahanap ng away.
latayia hicks that is still slavery to me.
Pocahontas Seguin Art of course. And why they gloss it over is sad
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As a Sierra Leonean I’ve never heard of this story...thanks for sharing this👌
SIK . At least you have heard about the Annie Walsh Memorial School where she was among the first 20 registered students. If uou can get a copy of the school register check it out.
As an African, i'm so grateful to you for this important piece. We need many of this kind
this story sounds even better than "Victoria & Abdul". i can't believe they haven't made a film about it.
As a Nigerian, am glad that you brought out this history...to think I never knew about her....I think a movie should be about this
You claim to be Nigerian but you are happy about this BS story? Wow
@@cnehndlela6536 and how do you know that?
there is a but idk what it called
No one:
But she ALWAYS made sure she went to see the queen. She loved the queen. The queen sent her gifts. The queen loved her. They WERE DEAR FRIENDS. They loved eachother. THE QUEEN TOOK CARE OF HER. They were besties. Everything was perfect
lollllll
Lol am sure tht wasnt the true story
What a sweet story. Queen Victoria was amazing and so was Sarah. By teaching in Africa she probably changed so many lives. By Queen Victoria showing her love and educating her it just said that ripple effect
This is my great ancestor...her daughter married a man named John Randle....he was related to my grandfather ....we spell Randall differently though.
William Randall wait ur telling the truth?
@@hussainvirk8598 yeah bro
Hussain Virk doubt it
@@user-ir2er8fn5f You'd be amazed who you could be related to
Ani Edits I know who I am related to... my great great grandfather was an Ottoman military general (this was before the Arab Revolts and yes there were Arabs serving in Ottoman ministries) which is why my family is wealthy today
This brings tears to my eyes as i am of Yoruba descent .
Cameroon
Africa we love sweet part of story
I'm a South African and I love the Yoruba culture correct me if I'm wrong
Never knew that about the queen, whom I've always admired. Thank you for that welcomed bit of knowledge!
Would like to see what happened to the family legacy through the generations till now.
Legacy books
There are still members of the family alive and living in London. There was an ITV documentary about it. Sara has a plaque and a statue and I'm not sure if they finished an exhibit on her in the museum, I can't remember.
But the documentary talks to Victoria's (Sara's daughter) granddaughters, granddaughter and she tells you about how she would talk about how her grandmother was the adoptive granddaughter of Queen Victoria but no one believed her because she was just "normal" and living in a normal street.
Well we are great and well 🙂
@iVali what
@@Fatimaciroma hello one of my family members said we were related to her as well. I would love to talk with you ....
My dad told me about this about a year ago , happy it's here 🙂🙂🇳🇬
I wish i had that kind of bond with my dad
Thanks for bringing this story to 💡. The PBS miniseries "Victoria" touched briefly on this part of Queen Victoria's relationship with Sarah , it was nice to see more of it
wow they should make a movie out of this! 😍
What a beautiful and heart warming story
thanx!
Interesting story !! Bright side could you please tell us about prince Alemayehu of Ethiopia who was adopted by Quenn Victoria?
You should cover the story of Jesse Owens & Luz Long(1936 Summer Olympics, Berlin), another great exemplary friendship.
True sportsman spirit
At Random I know that story!!
Until the lion learns to tell his tale, the victory remains that of the hunter!
Very true
This story should be taken with a warm heart.
The queen treated the young girl like her own, and much more her life saved.
This story tiptoed around some very uncomfortable truths or questionable situations that were just right under the surface..
And did
Same As It Ever Was - Talking Heads
My suspicion
tell us
THAT PART!! PERFECTLY EXPLAINED
Damit I'm from Nigeria and I never knew anything about this.
Jenny Stargirl Hi Nigeria!
Because u don't read u are to busy with u self
biniam beyene 😂
Ok sorry boss
😂 why was “ the captain” there. Omitted fact. Yes she was a princess. There was a war and her family was killed and lost.. mislead fact. She She was kept because she was “royal” and married to a lawyer/businessman. It was an arranged marriage almost 20 years her senior. They showed it on the BBC last year with pictures. . There was no record of a birth. She never went back to Nigeria.
Hiya who else is from Nigeria that is watching this?
Edit: who else taught that older sally looks like princess tiana in the princess and the frog?
Thecla Okwara how far na🇳🇬
@@user-vm9pj6qd2p i dey ooo
Me
I am hmmm such history
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A black lady once told me that white people did have ALOT to do with slavery but she was upset that slavery was actually started IN africa by their own people. Apparently they would capture people from enemy tribes and sell them as slaves. She was so hurt that they would sell their own people to “white people”. I had no idea it was true but i went home and did some research. Turns out its true. Not to blame anyone or justify such a horrendous practice. Its just a part of histoey that is left out of American history books. There is so much hatred towards one another. We all come from elsewhere. But what matters is our strength together as ONE people. We’re the human race. On Planet Earth. And life is so short to focus on what cannot be changed, the past. But the present and future is up to us. Love One Another🦋🌈💗
So, if the white man felt sorry that Africans were selling each other into slavery, why then keep them in chains even after coming to their land??? That's the million dollar question.
Shadow Trooper105 I know ive seen it on the news. Its terrible and sad
Batu Bulan i am aware
@@mskeysnote14 We both did something wrong. I bet if white people were selling other white people, it would go the same.
@@KitCap slavery between white People have existed in ancient Times
I am glad the story ends in good term. I was so worried it will turn south. Haha
This story is touching,I now see thepower of humanity in that century by queen Victoria and captain. Who saved her,truly a great story
Some of her descendants are living in Lagos island till this present day
There is a portrait of her in one of the british galleries in London.
this was so inspiring and informational...thank you!!
There are so many knowledge lost in history. I am glad to see this kind of relationship existed in the past before its head of time. Knowledge is Power!
This deserves a movie
Yes yes yes.
Kinda Sad About her original parents though since they all died
They didnt die they were murdered.
@Arlo think it was by the tribe who took her ,
Please make many more of these. It soothes the heart and calms the mind.
Wow. I would hve never known about this. Thank you for the upload!
Didn’t go to her wedding, never lived in the castle, sent across seas to live and learn and grow. Adopted? Isn’t that a bit of an overstatement?
BECAUSE SHE IS BLACK
SAFIYA BLESS you do know that Obama also has a black skin colour
I'd say so XD more like taken in as a guest and funded
*She was sent across seas because of English weather. You people only see the negative first, isn't it?*
@@percyweasley9301 ppl who say “you ppl” ALWAYS prove the point they’re trying to disprove. So thank you for that.
This is the most accurate and 100% truth about my past. And I have been saying this for many years to pass. I also appreciate the honesty and generosity of my true story line. Many thanks to those who are currently working for Bright Side. I still don't believe money is the most valuable possession of life. And I never have.
JoJo Biersack whats the most inspiring story you’ve ever heard?
Amazing knowledge
Wow i am going to recomment your channel to all my friends
Such a beautiful story!! What a wonderful and sweet relationship they had! They really did love each other like mother & daughter! The people who took Sarah in REALLY treated her right! Everyone deserves to be treated with such love and genuineness regardless of what color!! ❤❤
Wow, so beautiful, thanks for producing this video, I certainly enjoyed it.
Arnaldo Sandoval thanx a lot!
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Very much so. Thank you for your support and advice. Very much appreciated.
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Patrick Cogen Same here.
I wish every a blessed day and inspire by Brigth Side.
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Beautiful Story and thanks for sharing!❤🤗
Very interesting! Thanks for sharing this! 🙂
Bright side has taught me things way more than school ever did.
Mylifekinda You’re not paying attention, dear. You know, teachers are not your enemy. They actually want to teach you something. Let them.😉 no I’m not a teacher.
As a Sierra Leonean I’m happy to learn this new history ❤️💕
Thank you for the information
Thanks for your time
Queen Victoria really amazes me🌉
Victoria and abdul is a great story of friendship and respect.
Very nice, pleased to hear. Thanks for the information.
what a beautiful story woo woo wow i needed that ..thanks😍
Wow.nice
I hope Disney would make this a movie. Such an inspiring and heartwarming story ❤
The queen was so sweet
What a awesome story,thanks for sharing
That's cool.
Thank you for sharing✌💛☺
Queen Victoria never adopted Sarah and Sarah lived with the
Forbes for awhile before given to the Queen as a gift but Sarah was very sad because she loved MRS Forbes and desperately wanted to go back to her and Queen Victoria agreed even though she became very fond of her ‼️
The Queen became her God
Mother and paid for all her education and Sarah came to visit the Queen very often‼️
While with the FORBES and in 1851 Forbes died and at the same time Princess Sarah
Health began to fail she developed a terrible chronic cough it was caused by the
Weather in England so the
Queen had her sent to Sierra
Leone from the age of 8 to 12
But Sarah was very unhappy
So Queen had her returned in 1855 to live with a well to do middle class family named
Schoen and in 1862 she attended Princess Vickys
Wedding the RF never lost track of her ‼️
At the age of 19 she married a wealthy businessman older than her he was also from
Yoruba they had a huge
Wedding in Brighton attended by Blacks and Whites after which she had moved to
Africa with her husband and had 3 children and named one after Queen Victoria her other children Arthur and Stella ‼️
She made trips to England to see the Queen with little
Vicky and became her God
Mother too and also paid for her education‼️
Sarah's last trip to see the Queen was in 1867 because she had been very sick for years and st the age of 37
She died in 1880 of Tuberculosis in Madeira‼️
When the Queen heard of the
Passing of her Godmother it saddened her greatly ‼️
Thus the story of PRINCESS
SARAH‼️‼️
They need to turn This into a movie. This is incredible.
Its is!..its called Victoria and Abdul
A like it! what a Story!! it's like a Walt Disney Princess!!! More Power, and God blessed !!!
Wish we would learn more stories like this in school! This is such a beautiful story
Added to my British History knowledge :))
PBS had a series about Queen Victoria and this was included in the story lines.
Wow! I love this video, very interesting story... We are always traveling back and forth (Doha-London-Doha) but I never heard this story before. Thank You for uploading this...
This was an interesting story. Thanks for sharing! :)
Heartbreaking. How lovely that era was. I'm born in an era where pre-teens hook up.
“Lovely” he/she says while there are people buying and selling people -_-
Sara's life in that era is much much better than the rest of people at that time.
What a lovely story! I wish they would teach this at schools, after all, it is history. Thanks for uploading it.
Jane CK. Never taught anything interesting in my history class
great story keep up the good work
I think Queen Victoria had a good friend from India named Abdul it is also a great friendship of her last days....
Sravisht Kancherla Actually,it's a movie about their 'friendship',some believe there was a romance between them.
@@ANATORRES-mk3pu yes of course I haven't mentioned romance and that stuff it is just a good friendship.....
all those INDIAN friends are traitors,who helped them loot INDIA.
He was her worker.
Narrator:”Yourouba people”
Me: “ lol, I can’t, it’s Yo-ro-ba”
He said Urhobo.
Its Yoruba OK
Descendants of Oduwa
@@ogechionuoha8523 Nawa for you oo
Haha
Guy I swear
I love this story so beautiful...
Love the narration!!
Trendy Videosonline thanx!
Tragic but an heart warming...so Victoria was so kind and a real mother with love of other humanity!
Why wouldnt any of them attend her wedding? Weird!
Teri Ward did you invite many people to your wedding?
Royalty have other duties to attend to its not uncommon for them to miss close friends weddings
I think the queen wanted to, but couldn’t because she had her duties
@Rick Don oh so you think she was better off as a sacrifice in africa?
Queen was not traveling...and that far would not work as she had duttiea nd issues at home...
I love your channel 🙏🏽
Wow! This is an amazing story.
This *ACTUALLY HAPPENED* when my great great great great great great grandma was alive in 1850
Disnay needs to make a movie now about this girl and the queen 👑
Love your information ❣️❣️☺️
Nice vid I love it
I didn't know that
Wow , History Victoria was adopted Black Qween from Africa ..
I didn't Heard Anything Stories Victoria was in British ..
Thanks !!
W
She was not a queen
What a wonderful story. To bad the British Navy does not get enough credit for ending Slavery and Islam does not get enough criticism for it's disgraceful role in slavery.
Enjoyed the story ,very much
So nice to see the Queen had a kind heart and adopting a black child the Queen made a statement.
Nigerian 🥰❤🇳🇬
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TIMESTAMPS:
Enslaved princess 0:59
A “gift” for Queen Victoria 1:28
The new life of the girl 3:27
Her marriage 6:11
Why she had to return to Africa 7:59
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Hi
Where r u from
Beautiful story that I never knew..❤👍
Thank you what a great big story
How else new this already? 💛💛
WHY WAS I NEVER TAUGHT THIS
Teal Fox because it’s not useful, although it is interesting
@@kloppite1967 It's true tbh
Teal Fox which subject would it be?
@@BRIGHTSIDEOFFICIAL history
@@agentepic7218 It's a short story but helping I guess..
Thank you again BRIGHT SIDE for the new knowledge 😊😊😊😊😊😊
Amazing video
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Hello! How are you?
My Nigerian boyfriend told me this story like a year ago
Why not making a movie about this history
Interesting video, but I wish it was more accurate. They didn’t have cars nor planes until the 1900s.
Louise Haley you mean 1800s
@@gosiapoomska6603 UNTIL!
Amazing beautiful story .