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Queen Victoria legally adopted Sarah Forbes Bonetta, a Black African girl.

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CONTESTED PARTIAL
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1 source for · 8 against

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Is it true that Queen Victoria legally adopted Sarah Forbes Bonetta, a Black African girl?

Partly. Sources disagree on the relationship: a peer-reviewed article says Queen Victoria became Sarah Forbes Bonetta's legal guardian until age 21, and several scholarly works call her a 'gifted' girl or Victoria's protegee/benefactress, while one theatre-studies paper describes her as Victoria's adopted African daughter. None provides a legal adoption record.

Verdict: CONTESTED PARTIAL · 1 source for, 8 against · Last checked

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Evidence for · 1
From Confrontation to Healing: in-yer-heart and in-yer-ear in debbie tucker green's ear for eye and Selina Thompson's salt.
2022
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From Confrontation to Healing: in-yer-heart and in-yer-ear in debbie tucker green's ear for eye and Selina Thompson's salt.. (2022). hal.science. https://hal.science/hal-04674739v1

Evidence against · 8
Sarah Forbes Bonetta
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Sarah Forbes Bonetta. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Forbes_Bonetta

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More against · 7
Of Africa's brightest ornaments: a short biography of Sarah Forbes Bonetta
2005
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Of Africa's brightest ornaments: a short biography of Sarah Forbes Bonetta. (2005). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1080/14649360500074675

Queen Victoria’s ‘Liberated African’: Sarah ‘Sally’ Forbes Bonetta and Her Extraordinary Apprenticeship by the British Royal Family, 1850–1862
2024
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Lovejoy, H. B. (2024). Queen Victoria’s ‘Liberated African’: Sarah ‘Sally’ Forbes Bonetta and Her Extraordinary Apprenticeship by the British Royal Family, 1850–1862. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1080/0144039X.2024.2349147

Moving Home: Gender, Place, and Travel Writing in the Early Black Atlantic
2021
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Moving Home: Gender, Place, and Travel Writing in the Early Black Atlantic. (2021). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781478092636?locatt=mode:legacy

Moving Home: Gender, Place, and Travel Writing in the Early Black Atlantic
2021
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Moving Home: Gender, Place, and Travel Writing in the Early Black Atlantic. (2021). muse.jhu.edu. https://muse.jhu.edu/book/110787/

Moving home: gender, place, and travel writing in the early Black Atlantic
2021
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Moving home: gender, place, and travel writing in the early Black Atlantic. (2021). jstor.org. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv2k0580g

Moving Home
2021
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Gunning, S. (2021). Moving Home. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1215/9781478021858

Moving Home
2021
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Moving Home. (2021). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv2k0580g

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