加拿大学者亨利·洛夫乔伊近日出版了传记《成为莎拉·福布斯·博内塔：约鲁巴妇女在维多利亚女王法院》，深入揭示了莎拉·福布斯·博内塔这位历史人物的传奇经历。1博内塔生于1843年的尼日利亚。11848年在达荷美国王格泽军队的攻击中，年仅5岁的她被俘获，其家族在此次事件中丧生。1两年后的1850年，英国海军官员弗雷德里克·福布斯将博内塔带到英国，并将其作为"外交礼物"献给维多利亚女王。1
传记的出版为这段尘封的历史投下新的光线。根据研究，博内塔实际上被登记为王室财产，直到19岁时才被正式释放。1在此之前的1858年，博内塔曾出席维多利亚女王长女罗亚尔公主的婚礼。1释放后，博内塔被迫嫁给商人詹姆斯·平森·拉布洛·戴维斯。1此外，1851年皇家造币厂首席雕刻师贝内德托·皮斯特鲁奇还为博内塔制作过石膏胸像。1博内塔最终于1880年在马德拉因肺结核去世，年仅37岁。1
A Canadian scholar has published a comprehensive biography of Sarah Forbes Bonetta, a Yoruba woman whose extraordinary life intersected with the Victorian royal court.1 The book, titled "Becoming Sarah Forbes Bonetta: A Yoruba Woman at the Court of Queen Victoria," was written by Henry Lovejoy of the University of Colorado Boulder and examines the remarkable and troubling circumstances that brought Bonetta to England.
Born in Nigeria in 1843, Bonetta was captured at age five in 1848 during an attack by Dahomey king's forces in which her family perished.1 In 1850, British naval officer Frederick Forbes brought her to England and presented her to Queen Victoria as a "diplomatic gift."1 The biography reveals that Bonetta was effectively registered as royal property and remained under contract to the Queen until she turned nineteen.1 During her time at court, she attended the 1858 wedding of Victoria's eldest daughter, Princess Royal.1 In 1851, the Royal Mint's chief engraver, Benedetto Pistrucci, created a plaster bust of Bonetta, documenting her presence in this world of privilege that nonetheless confined her freedom.1
Bonetta's life took a tragic turn following her forced marriage to merchant James Pinson Labulo Davies.1 She died in Madeira in 1880 from tuberculosis at just thirty-seven years old.1 Through this biography, Lovejoy brings to light the complex and difficult story of a woman whose life bridged two worlds, offering readers insight into her resilience and the historical forces that shaped her extraordinary journey.
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