Ota Benga, a Congolese teenager, is exhibited at the St. Louis World's Fair.
Date: 1904
Benga, who was captured when he was 12 or 13 years old from his home years in what is today the Democratic Republic of Congo, and is "displayed" at the World's Fair. Later, he will be put on "exhibit" at the Bronx Zoo in New York City in 1906.
After outrage from Christian ministers ends his incarceration, he will be moved to New York's Howard Coloured Orphan Asylum and then attend Lynchburg Theological Seminary and College for Black students in Virginia. Around 11 years after his kidnapping, he will commit suicide.