BAKER

(Florence, 1841-1916, Explorer, bought in an Ottoman Slave Market) and her husband Sir Samuel White BAKER (1821-1893, Explorer & Sportsman)

Autograph Letter Signed to Dear Madam

saying that she has had so many little engagements that I havae not been able to answer your letter before, asking for Sir Samuel's autograph which I now enclose with much pleasure. Fraulein Happersach came on the 15th as arranged and I am very satisfied with the little that I have seen of her, and think that your opinion of her was must just. I trust she will remain with us for many years..., 3 sides 8vo., Hedenham Hall, Bungay, no date

Item Date: 1874

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Florence was a Transylvanian-born ethnic Hungarian British explorer. Born in Transylvania, she became an orphan when her parents and brother were murdered by the Romanian marauders led by Ioan Axente Sever. She fled with the remnants of the Hungarian army to the Ottoman Empire, settling in Vidin. There, she was sold as a slave in 1859. Years later, Samuel Baker encountered her during a visit to the Vidin white slave auction. Florence, a white slave girl destined for the Ottoman Pasha of Vidin, caught Baker's eye. Although outbid by the Pasha, Baker bribed her guards, and the two escaped together. Florence became Baker's companion and later his wife.

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