Garafilia Mohalbi

Greek girl (b. 1817 – d. 1830) rescued from Turkish slavery, who became the subject of an artistic movement about Greek slavery in the Ottoman Empire

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Lived 1817–1830, aged 13Turkey
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    Aged 13
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Updated 2026-08-13

Garafilia Mohalbi(y) (Greek: Γαριφαλιά Μιχάλβεη; c. 1817 – March 17, 1830) was a Greek slave who was rescued by an American merchant and sent to live with his family in Boston, Massachusetts. Born to a prominent family on the island of Psara, her parents were killed in 1824 during the Destruction of Psara by Ottoman forces. She arrived in Boston around the same period Samuel Gridley Howe brought John Celivergos Zachos and Christophorus Plato Castanis and other Greek refuges. She died aged thirteen. After her death, she became a popular celebrity in the media and among abolitionists. Garafilia also became part of the Greek Slave Movement.

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