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"Can a mother forget her suckling child?" illustration from Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave, Written by Himself, 1849, courtesy of Documenting the American South.

"Can a mother forget her suckling child?" illustration from Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave, Written by Himself, 1849, courtesy of Documenting the American South.

Newly freed woman in a plantation kitchen, photograph by L. D. Andrew, Refuge Plantation, Woodbine, Georgia, 1880, courtesy of Library of Congress.

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Hayden R. Smith, Carolina's Golden Fields: Inland Rice Cultivation in the South Carolina Lowcountry, 1670-1860 (Cambridge University Press, 2020).

The Sabbath Among Slaves, by Thomas W. Strong, 1849, courtesy of the Library of Pennsylvania.

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The Festival, by Whitney and Annin, 1852, courtesy of the Library of Pennsylvania.

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An enslaved woman auctioned for sale, The Illustrated London News, Richmond, Virginia, 1856, courtesy of the Library of Congress.

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Slave pass for Mack, an enslaved child or man, written by slaveholder, Sarah Savage, Charleston, South Carolina, 1843, courtesy of College of Charleston Libraries.

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Bill of sale for an enslaved woman, Charlotte, and her daughter, Pheobe, Charleston, South Carolina, 1851, courtesy of College of Charleston Libraries.

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Photograph of Nancy Weston, from Archibald Grimke Papers, circa 1900s, courtsey of Howard University.

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Doctor's bill for Lizza, an enslaved woman, Thomas County, Georgia, 1853, courtesy of the Avery Research Center.

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