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Sara Baartman [Hottentot Venus]
(1791-1815)

NAME AUTHORITIES:
LOC:    Baartman, Sarah
DNB:    Baartman, Sara [performing name Hottentot Venus] (1777x88–1815/16), celebrity and subject of scientific speculation
LBT ID: SaBaart1815    VIAF ID: 38874891    LOC ID: nb99143301
B/BAP:   1791
DIED:   1815-12-29
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
A South African woman put on display in London in 1810 as the Hottentot Venus, leading to protests and a chancery case; she died in Paris.
REFERENCES TO Sara Baartman [Hottentot Venus]:
Robert Southey to Henry Taylor, 15 July 1831 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)
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