blackandwtf:

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Circassian Beauty
In the 1860s, P.T. Barnum exhibited women whom he claimed were Circassian beauties. They wore a distinctive Afro hair style and were known as &ldquo;moss haired girls.&rdquo; Circassian beauties were  typically presented as victims of sexual enslavement among the Turks,  who had escaped from the harem to achieve freedom in America.
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