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Stool From Slave Trade Era Is Likely Destroyed In Brazil's Museum Fire

NPR | By Philip Reeves
Published September 17, 2018 at 4:00 AM CDT
The entrance of Rio de Janeiro's treasured National Museum, one of Brazil's oldest, on September 3, 2018, a day after a massive fire ripped through the building.
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The entrance of Rio de Janeiro's treasured National Museum, one of Brazil's oldest, on September 3, 2018, a day after a massive fire ripped through the building.

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