Stories
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When skin bleaching goes wrong
Warnings about permanent health damage don’t deter those using skin-bleaching products for years on end. Read the story of one woman who suffered from liver failure after years of striving to be paler.
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The desire for lighter skin
Discover why some Black people feel more attractive with lighter skin. Ngunan Adamu speaks to three women who explain how they got hooked on skin bleaching.
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Don’t call me a strong Black woman
Her upbringing taught Jaydee Seaforth that she could never show pain or weakness, even when her internal distress was extreme. Find out how she learned to listen to her body.
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Written on my body
Scars mean David Jesudason has never enjoyed seeing his reflection. Recounting the stories behind the marks on his face and body, he finds the only one that symbolises hope and happiness.
Catalogue
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Reasons humbly offer'd for putting hides and skins curried upon the same foot upon exportation, as hides or skins that are rough and undrest
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Tables for moneying the duties on hides and skins, &c.
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By the King, a proclamation, for altering the stamp for hides and skins to be imported
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Reasons humbly offer'd to the Honble the House of Commons, in Relation to the Duty on hides and skins
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Reasons humbly offered to the consideration of the honourable the knights, citizens, and burgesses of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, for a duty on raw hides and raw skins
Date: 1711