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144 Ota Benga

Ota Benga's be ing put on show in ne gro boy, on ex hi bi tion in a mon key
the zoo along side go ril las, just like cage . . .
an an i mal, made many peo ple un -
This whole pyg my busi ness needs in -
easy. Some or gan i za tions de clared ves ti ga tion . . . 165
that Ota Benga was a hu man be ing
and that such treat ment was very
cru el, and ap plied to the au thor i ties
to put an end to the sit u a tion. One of
these ap pli ca tions ap peared in the 12
September 1906 edi tion of the New
York Globe:
Sir— I lived in the south sev er al years,
and con se quent ly am not over fond of
ne gro, but be lieve him hu man. I think
it a shame that the au thor i ties of this
great city should al low such a sight as
that wit nessed at the Bronx Park— a

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