P.T. Barnum (Radio Edit)
You're Dead to Me
The Exploitative Exhibition and Autopsy of Joyce Heath
Examining the story of Joyce Heath, an enslaved black woman who was exhibited by P.T. Barnum in New York in 1835, claiming her to be 161 years old and the nursemaid to George Washington. This chapter delves into the dehumanizing conditions she endured and Barnum's controversial actions following her death.
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