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TIL about Thomas White, a 15-year-old enslaved Black teen who escaped in the 1840s. Hidden in family papers for 150+ years and revealed in 2025, his dictated story tells of evading slave catchers and surviving as a cook, lumberjack, and sailor across Australia, India, and beyond.

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