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African American school children and their teacher, photograph, by Detroit Publishing Co., circa 1900, Summerville, South Carolina, courtesy of Library of Congress.

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African American women at market, 1865, Charleston, South Carolina, courtesy of New York Public Library.

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A free woman of color with her daughter, New Orleans, circa late 19th century, courtesy of Wikimedia.

Panorama of Savannah, Georgia, 1868, courtesy of The New York Public Library.

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A group of enslaved people attending a religious prayer meeting, from Scribner's Monthly, an Illustrated Magazine for the People, 1874, courtesy of Florida Center for Instructional Technology.

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Illustration depicting a pregnant woman resting in a cotton field, from Scribner's Monthly, Alabama, 1874, courtesy of the Educational Technology Clearinghouse.

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Newspaper clipping reporting a move "to build a monument to 'Ol' Black Mammy,'" Chicago Tribune, Carqueville, 1910.

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Engraving depicting a woman carrying a basket and tray on her head, John Money Carter, Bridgetown, Barbados, 1835, courtesy of Slavery Images.

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Excerpt from a Sandy Island Plantation Journal regarding "Binah and her two children absconded," Allard Belin, Georgetown County, South Carolina, 1797, courtesy of South Carolina Historical Society.

Album cover of Been in the Storm So Long: Spirituals, Folktales, and Children's Games from Johns Island, South Carolina, 1990, courtesy of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.

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