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In this episode of Ill Will, host A.B. Burns-Tucker and guest Dr. Keisha Ray delve into the heartbreaking story of Sarah Baartman, a Black South African woman who was trafficked to Europe and ...

It was the early 1800s, and Baartman was one of a handful of women presented in freak shows around Europe and the U.K. under the moniker of the Hottentot Venus.