Sarah Baartman was taken to Europe so she could be exhibited in front of audiences who paid to see her body, which attracted attention due to her unusually large buttocks (possibly caused by a condition known as steatopygia). Baartman was exploited as part of the ‘human curiosities’ movement that gave rise to carnival freak shows.
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