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Dido Elizabeth Belle and Sarah Forbes Bonetta

The History Chicks : A Women's History Podcast

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Captain Lindsay and Mariah Bell

John had joined the Navy during the seven years war and fought off the coast of France. He was promoted to the captain of a warship in the West Indies. At some point, early in this relationship, Captain Lindsay and Mariah created Daito. By British common law, because Daito was born to an enslaved woman, she was also enslaved.

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