The "Aztec children," who were in fact Salvadoran adults with microcephaly, were exhibited in Boston at least twice: 1850 and 1862. I'm not sure who the African woman who toured with them was. Eventually the "Aztecs" joined PT Barnum's museum.
The part about visiting European royalty is, apparently, true:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximo_and_Bartola
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@pixel_dailies prompt was #broadside. Made on a 32x32 canvas using @aseprite
Made using the Stormy beach palette by Jimison3 on Lospec (lospec.com/palette-list/stormy)
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