Significant Individuals: Sarah Forbes Bonetta

Children are introduced to the idea of significance, and how this might change over time. Sarah Forbes Bonetta – we don't even know her real name – was an African princess, a slave in West Africa, a god-daughter of Queen Victoria, a wife, mother and missionary teacher.

Does that make her a Significant Individual in Victorian times? And today? This unit explores her life and times to try to answer some of these questions.