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Ira Aldridge: Actor, Activist and Record-breaker

Ridiculous History

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The Adventures of a Free African American

The slave trade was still flourishing, and parts of the us. were not eligible for citizenship. To cover the cost of his travel, he got a job as a steward on the very ship that took him to britain. T sort of like paying for your dinner by ike washing the dishesthe restaurant. He became friends with a british actor who also happened to be a producer of theatre,. A guy named james wallock. They met a few months earlier, and then, as chance would have it, they ran into each other again on this t and wallock offered aldridge a job as an acting valet.

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