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Human Resources by Sony Music

Mar 15, 202233:49Society & Culture

In the first of our episodes spotlighting Scotland’s slaving history, we went big and broad. Now it’s time to get personal, to uncover the individual stories which, pieced together, can paint a picture of how the lives o...

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