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In the sordid history of the United States of America (US), a nation whose history is inseparable from, and built upon, human bondage, Black people’s lives held value as a commodity that could be bought, sold, or traded.
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White, J.A., William-White, L. (2016). The Stories We Tell in America. In: Galvin, K.T., Prendergast, M. (eds) Poetic Inquiry II – Seeing, Caring, Understanding. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-316-2_23
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