Harriet Russell and her remarkable story from slavery to real estate entrepreneur in 19th-century California
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More than 12 million Africans were forcibly transported across the Atlantic to work as slaves between 1515 and the mid-19th Century. Some two million of the enslaved men, women and children died on their way to the Americas. For those who survived, it was the start of several hours of work on large plantations with...