Sara Baartman [Hottentot Venus]

(1791-1815)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Baartman, Sarah DNB: Baartman, Sara [performing name Hottentot Venus] (1777x88–1815/16), celebrity and subject of scientific speculation LBT ID: SaBaart1815 VIAF ID: 38874891 LOC ID: nb99143301	B/BAP: 1791 DIED: 1815-12-29
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A South African woman put on display in London in 1810 as the Hottentot Venus, leading to protests and a chancery case; she died in Paris.
REFERENCES TO Sara Baartman [Hottentot Venus]: Robert Southey to Henry Taylor, 15 July 1831 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Found 1: ¶ 4 Charles Cuthbert Southey, The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Ch. XXXIV. 1830-1831 Charles Knight, Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century: with a Prelude of Early Reminiscences 3 vols (London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-1865) Chapter I Found 1: ¶ 4