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Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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Saartjie Baartman
Saartjie Baartman
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Baartman, Saartjie
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1810
Saartjie Baartman
, later known as the
Hottentot Venus
, sailed from
Cape Town in South Africa
for
London
, where she had been led to believe she could make her fortune by exhibiting herself.
