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In Humboldt's Footsteps: Slavery, the Greatest of All Evils

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Christian Roman
July 12, 2019

On his travels in the Spanish colonies of Latin America, Humboldt witnessed the brutal treatment of indigenous and African laborers. The legacy of slavery still persists, even in the village of Palenque, the first free town in South America.

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