1783 Lady Dinah Obituary

December 23, 1783 – Lady Dinah, the African Queen. “Last Thursday died in this town, Lady Dinah, aged 90 years, an African Queen of the Ebo nation, was kidnapped and brought to this town 56 years ago, the king, her husband, being killed in an engagement with some other nation, and she brought off, leaving two children behind her to lament to the loss of a father killed and a mother sold to an American Captain. She was afterward purchased by Captain Adino Bulfinch and in that family brought up all their children and grandchildren with whom she lived as happy as her circumstances would admit. Being impaired in here senses from the time of her being sold in her always appeared a majestic delicacy but she is now at rest.” ~ The Pennsylvania Packet, Philadelphia

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