Seven-year-old Prince Alemayehu was captured – along with many national treasures – in 1868. His remains are held in Windsor Castle but pleas for their return have been rebuffed
Encyclopaedia Africana V
August 28, 2020
VICTOR CORNELINS
When the colonial exhibition ended, the children were never returned home to St. Croix. Instead, they were placed in the orphanage, Vajsenhuset, in Copenhagen.