August Sabac el Cher
August Sabac el Cher was an early Afro-German official at the court of Prussia.
Life
August, though not yet named that, was given to Prince Albert of Prussia as a boy in 1843[1] when the Prince was in Egypt. He eventually became a Prussian citizen and married a white woman.[2]
His son Gustav Sabac el Cher became a respected soldier and an imperial bandmaster.[3]
References
- ^ "Black German Heritage & Research Association - Part 25". Blackgermans.us. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
- ^ "Black European Studies". Best.uni-mainz.de. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
- ^ Author, Berghahn (2013-08-09). "Germany and the Black Diaspora, edited by Martin Klimke, Mischa Honeck, and Anne Kuhlmann". Berghahnbooks.com. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
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