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Investigating White Slavery
By: Frontline
Posted: Jun 13 09
Witnessed: 935 times
Regions: Great Britain, United States
Issues: Human rights defenders
Don Jordan and Mike Walsh talk about investigating the forgotten story of thousands of white Britons who lived and died in bondage in Britain’s American Colonies.
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