“…Originally named Abake – ‘born to be loved by all’ – the girl later renamed Matilda by her American ‘owner’ came into the world circa 1857, among the Tarkar people of the West African interior.

In 1859, at the age of two, little Abake was captured along with her mother (later renamed Grace), her three older sisters and some other relatives, by troops of the Kingdom of Dahomey, located in what is now Benin.”

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https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2025/1/12/remembering-matilda-the-last-survivor-of-the-transatlantic-slave-trade