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In the video today, we're looking at a legendary figure commonly known today as "The Black Samurai". This man, initially a slave, is thought to have been the first foreigner ever been made a Samurai in in Japan. So how did he rise from slave to elite Samurai? Well, watch the video to find out. :-) In the Bonus Facts, how Samurai and the Japanese gave the world Star Wars.

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