Saartje Baartman, also known as The Hottentot Venus
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Saartje Baartman, also known as The Hottentot Venus
Saartje ( Sarah ) Baartman (1789-1815), also known as The Hottentot Venus - an African servant girl from South Africas Eastern Cape of the Khoisan tribe brought to London in 1810 & exhibited at freak shows and private events there and in Paris, where she died 1815, with sections of her body preserved and displayed at Pariss Museum of Man (until 1974). Her remains were repartriated to South Africa and re-interred in 2002. Date: 1811
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1810 1811 1815 Body Brought Died Exhibited Freak Freakshow Hottentot Preserved Sara Sarah Servant Sideshow Venus
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