Ota Benga of Lynchburg

Yesterday's Wall Street Journal had a piece on Ota Benga, a pygmy from the Belgian Congo who was purchased by an agent for the St. Louis World's Fair in 1903. After the fair, he was exhibited in the Bronx Zoo. In 1910, he moved to Lynchburg and lived at the Virginia Seminary. He worked in a tobacco factory for a period of time before he killed himself in 1916. Here's his Wikipedia entry.