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Sun, 02.11.1990

Nelson Mandela Is Released From Prison

*On this date in 1990, Nelson Mandela was released from prison. He was (then) a South African political activist and member of the African National Congress.

Active for the rest of his life, he had been in Robben Island prison in South Africa for 27 years.

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Poetry Corner

Slaves are said to have worked hard & long on this island Sunup to sundown & beyond Sundays & Christmas off Two clothes a year are memories bestowed to old... ST. HELENA ISLAND by Tom Dent.
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