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Ayuba Suleiman Diallo - Wikipedia (Muslim Prince to American Slave to Freed Man) (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 6 months ago by TheOneWithTheHair to c/wikipedia

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[–] Jilanico 1 points 6 months ago

Slavery is horrible, but to put this in perspective, many (most?) cultures around the world had some form of slavery, however America had a particularly brutal version of it. When we think of slavery in general, we picture it as American slavery, but that's inaccurate.