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After 200 years, 3 slaves get a final resting place

In Arts, Culture & Leisure posted by TD Staff

The three men, named Tom, Dan and John, were discovered in the 1970s when the land was being developed.  They had been stored at Space Farms Zoo and Museum for 30 years.

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When the remains were unearthed 30 years ago, the driver of the bulldozer did not know what he had discovered. He brought them to Fred Space, owner of Space Farms Zoo and Museum in Sussex, to be identified



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