THE ST0RY 0F SARAH BÀARTMAN
The story of Sarah Baartman of South Africa who had an unusual long backside. Sarah Baartman, also known as Saartjie Baartman, was a Khosa woman who was born in South Africa in the late 1789. She is famous for being exhibited as a freak show attraction in Eur0pe in the early 18th century because of her large buttocks, which were considered unusual and exotic at the time. Baartman was born in the Gamtoos Valley, in what is now the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. She was a member of the Khoikhoi, a group of indigenous people who lived in the region. As a young woman, Baartman was taken from her home by a Brițish ship's doctor, William Dunlop, who promised her work as a servant in Cape Town. However, instead of being employed as a servant, Baartman was taken to England and exhibited as a sideshow attraction under the name "Hottentot Venus." Baartman's large buttocks and elongated labia were considered unusual and exotic, and she was put on display in London...