Lola: My Family's Slave...

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The Atlantic’s June 2017 cover story ‘My Family's Slave’ about Lola is one of the most heartbreaking stories of the year. Picture: The Atlantic
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A PULITZER Prize-winning journalist has written an extraordinary final story about the secret his family hid throughout their lives — they had a slave.
Alex Tizon died on March 24 aged just 57, without ever knowing his unflinching personal account would be the cover story of The Atlantic’s June edition.
The talented writer, husband and father has now posthumously told the terrible truth about Lola, the young woman who became his family’s slave in the Philippines, and remained that way even after they moved to the United States. It is one of the most important stories you will read this year.

http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/true-stories/journalist-reveals-extraordinary-story-had-a-slave/news-story/eae97338e14b8460a25dea53c28ca240

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/06/lolas-story/524490/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_slavery

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