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How did the skull of a possible enslaved person who died in Bahia end up at Harvard? Letter written over 100 years ago explains
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Skull of an enslaved person illegally taken to the United States returns to Bahia. A letter written in the 1800s explains how the skull of a possible enslaved person who died in Salvador ended up at Harvard University in the United States, where it remained for 190 years. The mortal remains were returned on Wednesday.
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