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Antiques Roadshow Expert Refuses to Price Ivory Bangle: 'It's About Trading in Human Life'

On a recent episode of the BBC's Antiques Roadshow, a woman brought in an ivory bangle she had bought at an estate sale more than 30 years earlier while caring for an elderly resident who had died. Expert Ronnie Archer-Morgan refused to put a price on it, saying it signified 'trading in human life.' He revealed his own great-grandmother had been enslaved in Nova Scotia before being returned to Sierra Leone, and told the owner the bracelet's value lay in the lessons it can teach.

Source: Antiques Roadshow Expert Refuses to Price Ivory Bangle: 'It's About Trading in Human Life' — Upworthy

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