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Photograph of an African American woman, Celia, working as a domestic laborer, caring for a white infant, Redcliffe Plantation, Beech Island, South Carolina, 1898, courtesy of South Caroliniana Library at the University of South Carolina. After emancipation, one avenue of employment that remained open to African American women was child care for white families. White families continued to use the term "Mammy" to refer to the African American woman they employed to care of their children.

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Photograph of Annie Wigg Smalls, circa 1880s, courtesy of Find A Grave.

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Photograph of Barnett Abraham Elzas, 1933, courtesy of Special Collections at College of Charleston Libraries.

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Photograph of Booker T. Washington, Peter J. Jones, circa 1910, courtesy of Library of Congress.

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Photograph of Brith Sholom Synagogue at 68 St. Phillips Street, Charleston, circa 1900, courtesy of Special Collections at College of Charleston.

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Photograph of Esau Jenkins' bus, 1954-6, Septima P. Clark Papers, courtesy of the Avery Research Center.

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Photograph of formerly enslaved woman with her great granddaughters, 1867, courtesy of the General Public Library of America.

Photograph of George Grice, circa 1950s, courtesy of Special Collections at College of Charleston.

Photograph of interior of Brith Sholom Synagogue, Charleston, courtesy of Special Collections at College of Charleston Libraries.

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Photograph of interior room of Armida Cohen Emanuel's home, by Reid Whitford, circa 1890, courtesy of Special Collections at College of Charleston Libraries.

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