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Ex-Slave Sues Gov't of Niger

Says she was bargained for 'like a goat'

By Peter Fearon, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 9, 2008 9:51 AM CDT

(Newser) – A young woman was bargained over "like a goat" and sold for $500 at the age of 12, she revealed yesterday in emotional testimony at a landmark slavery trial in an international court in West Africa. The 24-year-old former slave is suing the government... Read full story »

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