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13174058, *adding on* PT Barnum's personal slave Joice Heth was his first
Posted by Boogie Stimuli, Mon Jul-17-17 09:42 AM
truly successful show. His public dissection
and autopsy of her was a big event where he
charged the equivalent of about $20...
and this was in abolitionist states where the
white people were allegedly good people.
There's a book about it called "The Showman
and the Slave."
Here's a good show about it for those who
dig listening to podcasts:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqCRSflNGOQ
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