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Dido Elizabeth Belle and Sarah Forbes Bonetta

The History Chicks : A Women's History Podcast

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The Story of Sarah and the Forbes

Sarah could not in fact live with the Forbes again. Queen Victoria wanted Sarah closer and arranged for the Reverend and Mrs. Shown to be in charge of her upbringing. At 15, she was so close to the children of the royal household that she was one of the few Britons invited to attend their wedding. Young women of the nobility often got married right out of the school room.

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