Think of the Children

Human Resources by Sony Music

Nov 21, 202338:43Society & Culture

At the height of the British slave trade, there were no cameras to capture the experiences of the children who found themselves forced into enslavement. There are not even exact numbers for how many youths were sucked in...

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