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Sarah Baartman's hips went from a symbol of exploitation to a source of empowerment for Black women | Salon.com
![Lord Grenville, Prime Minister and leader of the Broad Bottoms faction, meets Sarah Baartman, the "Hottentot Venus": on account of their similar body-mass, a dynastic marriage is considered. Coloured etching attributed to Lord Grenville, Prime Minister and leader of the Broad Bottoms faction, meets Sarah Baartman, the "Hottentot Venus": on account of their similar body-mass, a dynastic marriage is considered. Coloured etching attributed to](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/V0040085/full/full/0/default.jpg)
Lord Grenville, Prime Minister and leader of the Broad Bottoms faction, meets Sarah Baartman, the "Hottentot Venus": on account of their similar body-mass, a dynastic marriage is considered. Coloured etching attributed to
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Saartje Baartman : her life, her remains, and the negotiations for their repatriation from France to South Africa : news &
The Queen Code - In honor of Black History Month... Today we pay our respects to Sarah Baartman whose tragic story reminds us that the exploitation of the Black feminine physique started
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