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Today the white child is sold for two dollars a week to the manufacturers.
Mother Jones
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Mother Jones
Age: 100 †
Born: 1830
Born: May 1
Died: 1930
Died: November 30
Human Rights Activist
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Teacher
Trade Unionist
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