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Toll, Rewards of Playing a Slave at Brattonsville [9min]

A small group of African American re-enactors in South Carolina bring the history of slavery to life, playing slaves on the Brattonsville Plantation. Karen Grigsby Bates talks with one woman about the psychological toll -- and unexpected rewards -- of playing a slave.
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