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Askari: The Indigenous Soldiers of European Colonial Armies in Africa

Askaris were soldiers recruited from local populations in Africa to fight for European colonial powers during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Margaret Douglass: The White Woman Imprisoned in Virginia for Teaching Black Children to Read

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