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A son of a slave reflects on his American story

Dan Smith, 88, represents a living link to the nation's dark past: his father Abram was born a slave, 157 years ago. [AFP]

At 88, Dan Smith has witnessed some of the defining moments in America's fraught battle for racial equality.

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