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[generallygothic]

With 67% of the vote, this week's 'Freakshow Friday' is dedicated to Hottentot Venus. Sara Baartman is known by many names, but most memorably 'Hottentot Venus'. This stage name is in reference to her indigenous South African Khoikhoi ethnicity - previously & perjoratively referred to as 'Hottentots' - and the Roman Goddess of love. She was born sometime in the latter half of the C18th in the then-Dutch colony, The Cape of Good Hope, in South Africa. In 1810 she was taken to England by Hendrik Cesars, a free man of slave descent, and William Dunlop, an English doctor, with the express intent of displaying her. Her Picadilly (London) stage performances angered British Abolitionists who feared for her wellbeing. Whatever the truth, Dunlop prevailed in court and went onto shown Baartman in county fairs without Cesars. 4 years later, following Dunlop's death, she was bought by Henry Taylor & taken to Paris, who in turn sold her to animal trainer, S. Reaux. As 'an experiment' the continually mistreated Baartman bore a daughter by Reaux, who died aged 5. The last of a long list of men to get his hands on her, was George Curvier. As founder of the Museum of Natural History, he studied the woman seeking to prove the existence of a genetic missing link between human and animals. The long-suffering Baartman died in poverty in 1815 in Paris whereupon Curvier took claim of her body, placing her brain, bones, and genitalia on display at the Paris Museum of Man, where it remained until 2002 when she was finally returned to S.A. for burial on the country's National Women's Day. 📸: 'Sartjee, the Hottentot Venus', Frederick Christian Lewis, 1810, via The British Museum .org . #generallygothic #gothic #circusofhorrors #freakshowfriday #hottentotvenus #hottentot #venus #sexism #racism #colonisation #sarabaartman #sideshow #freakshow #freak #naturalhistory #genetics #khoikhoi #capecolony #capeofgoodhope #southafrica #dutchcolonial #femaleform #circushistory #circus #statefair #exhibition #nationalwomensday #feminism #anatomy #science https://www.instagram.com/p/BzRfD1vgkS5/?igshid=1j6c6fj9bo3mn

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