Thank you Marcus, much appreciated 😊

I want to go back in time and chat with abraham, king Solomon and a few others myself. That would be awesome

Thank you Angela 😊

I'll have a look into that Carmen, thanks for watching 😊

That little girl was royal and queen Victoria's god - daughter

@@ahmedzahir2865 Oh, really?! I'm so ignorant. Queen Victoria had an interesting personal story I hardly knew about. 🤔

I think her name was Sara Forbes Bonetta

I think you got this from the BBC television show "Victoria," where the truth was distorted. British forces fighting in Ethiopia brought Prince Alemayehu to England, and Queen Victoria took him in. He lived in agonizing luxury until he died at the age of 18. It was a different world back then; when the queen dressed him up and showed him off like a household pet, she (and almost everybody else) truly believed that what she was doing was for the best, even though the prince begged all his life to go back. Ever since, his family and the Ethiopian government -- who see this as a kidnapping -- have been requesting that his remains be sent home, or at least an apology. Just last month, in May of 2023, Buckingham Palace refused another request.

Glad you enjoyed it Cassandra, thanks as always 😊

Is this based on the movie Belle?

@@msrain1235 this is the real story, movie belle is the opposite of her real story

My pleasure Elle, appreciate you watching, thank you 😊

My pleasure Vishnu, thank you so much 😊

Thank you 😊

Overall a very lucky girl to be where she was. Thank you Anita 😊

There's no mention of Wilberforce in her story, that's not to say she never met him. Thanks for watching 😊

her race, her skin color, her illegitimacy, her wealth, her social position. not just color though but probably that's the biggest issue. her sons worked for Colonialism slavry through East India company... so it's kinda ironic

​@@samanthasmith61- Her skin color is all that you needed to say, in terms of "race", as there is no such thing as race.

Thanks Melissa, really appreciate you watching and support 😊

That's really nice of you, thank you 😊

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks 😊

Thanks as always Liam 😊

Thanks Wendy much appreciated 😊

That's the only image of her! Thank you 😊

Thanks as always Mary Ann 😊

It's a pleasure Catherine, so glad you're enjoying the content. 😊

Thanks Vanessa 😊

She was sent to the US, thanks for watching 😊

@@HistoryRoadshow Thanks!

​@@HistoryRoadshowhow horrible as a slave i guess and never been able to raise her own child so cruel

Thanks Rosie, another one tonight! 😊

@@HistoryRoadshow I’ll be there xx

there's always a movie about her but it's quite the opposite of her real life

I hope so but her £100 annuity at 1804 had way less purchasing power than in 1793, so she might struggle financially. (we have to remember that Jane Austen poorest character Ms Bates lived on £150 a year, I guess since they were genteel circle) but again Dido was married to a servant, so they won't be in genteel social circle. her life was better with the prejudice than ended up as slave/property in the West Indies like so many people born to her situation.

Thank you 😊

the movie was practically 90% Fictional, almost the opposite to her real life... I think a new more accurate movie would be better

Muchas gracias es realmente apreciada 😊

gurl! you don't understand, Dido was born a slave, her birthright was to be slave herself and live a life that worse than hell.... but she was lucky and plucked out of that to live luxuriously at Kenwood, the family had done more than she could ever imagine..... obviously it will never be equal to Elizabeth, but the family even endure shame and embarrassment keeping her there, they treated her really well, in itself they ve crossed many boundaries at the time for people of Dido's origin

Lady Elizabeth Murray was daughter of an Earl 💀 she is literally superior than Daphne Bridgerton.... no shht Dido who was illegitimate and legally a slve couldn't be treated the same

As much as her life was better than her mother’s and other black slaves, it’s still sad she had to navigate the society she never asked to be part of. I guess she made the most of it, especially being intelligent and educated, however, she is only human and as much as they loved her they kept her hidden and the disparity in her inheritance shows that. This was probably due to society’s norm at the time, although she would be reminded on a daily basis that she isn’t one of them, and that’s what’s sad. Seems like she had a nice life, becoming a mother, which is the best job in the world and to be loved unconditionally. I wonder what happened to her children?

​@@user-mq2kt1kx1cher c children led a colonial life, her last descendants a car mechanic died in 1975 in south Africa

@@samanthasmith61 thanks for the reply.

her cousin and Lord Mansfield went to Queen Charlotte's birthday and balls quite often...👀 her cousin's father was the british ambassador to France, he was confidant of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI, he even got a desk from her in scone palace. Benjamin Franklin also wrote letters to him

Thanks Rosie 😊

@@HistoryRoadshow No, kind sir, thank YOU! All things history are very fascinating to me. As, they should be to everyone.( just my opinion 🥰).🌹

BELLE... 2013 movie 🎬 🎞 🎥

She married and had sons with a white man, so it’s very likely that her children were white-passing (and continued the “white” bloodline for the remaining generations). Of course, the descendants might have also had “illegitimate” mixed children with non-white women, as was common in colonial times, but no information has been found regarding that possibility.

wrong! she was an heiress and nobility, have you seen her movie?

​@@samanthasmith61 So the movie suggests she married an attorney. This video suggests she married a French stewart. Which is it?😅

@@ladylemur3802 i just read her wikipedia again, John daviniere was a servant of french origin, he worked as a valet not steward the movie was a nonsense lmao everything is the opposite 🤣 her cousin was the heiress irl

@@PermenBoba-dq3jb Thanx a lot!!! 🥰

read her Wikipedia, no she had no living descendants today

her cousin got a lot of descendants tho, some even married a Vanderbilt

no she loved him, he was so handsome and rich, it's was 1000% consent have u watch the movie, they were in love, he left Dido a huge fortune making her heiress and richer than her poor cousin that's why no men wants her

her mother was 14 when dido was concieved......

@@samanthasmith61 and her father was 24 at the time .. leave that sink in

​​@@islandfever825yes she was rped hard, i imagine that as a slve she was probably malnourished and doesn't look her age (smaller)😢

I'm guessing it's not as happy or inspiring I suppose, for the most part she did nothing except being his uncle's helper

There is a movie about her.

​​@@spikesgirl9371yes the movie that might as well changed her name too (oh yes they did change her name adding the Lindsay when she was actually forbidden to use the name irl) since it was obnoxiously inaccurate, they literally change Dido into her cousin and vice versa... why is that?

Bridgerton irl

she fell in love with handsome captain don't ruin it, when she died she left Dido a fortune

He isn't wrong all of them were unique and certainly not the norm for actual full black or half black people at the time.... and by "educated" you mean whitewashed because they are half white. In fact Dido was the only one that was taken back to England by her British white parent...but still not treated equally, all British white officer just "have their fun" and then give their illegitimate bstrd to be extra slave for the planters. Sir John Lindsay himself definitely have fun with a 14yo slve named Maria Belle, she gave birth to Dido when she was 15, sicko no matter what he did for his 1 of 5 illegitimate child, he was clearly not a good man

True

it's another person, her mother is more likely full African but who knows, Dido from the picture does look like the biracial actress who potrayed her, the movie was complete opposite though, they switched up her and her cousin's story

i knew she was a princess, John daviniere should be called a prince

it was a love story have you seen the movie❤

@samanthasmith61 yes i have seen the movie. Loved it so much, but lowkey i was so scared if we got a sugar coated version of the real story. It was such an amazing movie and i am glad to know that it was a love story and nothing unhinged. I got to find a lot about Dido's life but not much on her biological parents. So thank u!!

@@casebycase_904 nvm lmao, her Wikipedia literally polar opposite to the movie. Her mom was 14 when sir John impregnated her yikes....... and 15 when Dido was born, i guess they did more than sugarcoat

Given that enslaved black women couldn't refuse or often escape the "attention" of white men or "owners", we can't really say these "relationships" were loving or consensual per se. However, Sir John Lindsay's decision to keep Dido Belle from slavery and placing her within his family, shows he had an affection for her as his child, and may have had affection for her mother despite the factors at the time. We will just never be able to really know if it was a circumstance of love, circumstantial benefits, or force for Dido's mother. Also was she really dead when he took Dido or did he take Dido with the idea of a "better" life for her, but leave her mother behind? There is a YT video that reveals how the infamous picture was eventually discovered hundreds of years later after having been taken down and buried in a mansion storage room after Lord Mansfield died. So while the family "allowed" her to be amongst them during her life. She was something to be forgotten at the same time. Her not receiving inheritance from her father upon his death and a comparatively minimal amount from Lord Mansfield speaks volumes. She was never legally referenced as his "niece" vs her cousin Elizabeth. Though Dido was still benefitted beyond any expectation for someone like her. I agree that we have to be careful not to romanticize the circumstances. In the end we know what the history is and the same issues we still struggle with today. Her blessing was that she herself escaped slavery, but not discrimination and racism. Glad her story was told though. It's believed she has no existing heirs. Her last known decendant (possibly one of her sons or a grandson) died in South Africa without children.

@@sheerlylavendar her mother was 14 when she was SA by her father 💀 so you are saying he was attracted to a child slve? (as a slve she would also be malnourished and probably smaller than she ought to be)💀 he was a dsgtn! ped0fiI and rapst. he probably wanted to spare Dido from the horrible stuff which he also participated and did 😒... i read some books that they even SA slve as young as 8...