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TIL of Iqbal Masih, a 10 yo kid who was sold into bondage, escaped the shackles of bonded labour , freed over 3000 children who were trapped bonded labour and was responsible for bringing about significant losses to the carpet weaving industry profiteering off bonded labour.

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