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This crop was a cycle of labor and profit, circling back to enslaved hands again and again.
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This path boxed people into ships and misery, part of a brutal trade with no escape.
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The first colony with enslaved Africans in 1619, forming a point of power in British North America.
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A young girl rose to shine as a poet, becoming the first Black woman published in America.
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An ideal many fought for, yet denied to the enslaved—prized, multifaceted, and sharp.