12 Years A Mannequin: Store Displays Slave Outfit With DVD

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According to The Independant, an Oxford, England location of English grocery store Sainburyโ€™s put a poorly planned mannequin next to its display for the 12 Years A Slave DVD and Blu-ray release.

The mannequin is dressed like Solomon Northup, tattered shirt and pants with a twig in the pocket to complete the look. ย 

A customer took a picture of the display and uploaded it to Twitter.

The mannequin had a tag around its neck priced for the DVD, so the look was not for sale.

A Sainsbury representative told The Independent: โ€œWe can only apologise. ย Itโ€™s been taken down from the Heyford Hill store and clearly should never have gone up in the first place."

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