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Photograph of a cotton boll, Michael Bass-Deschenes, Georgia, courtesy of New Georgia Encyclopedia.

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Photograph of a group of African American women and children in front of a wooden building, Redcliffe Plantation, Beech Island, South Carolina, circa 1900, courtesy of South Caroliniana Library at the University of South Carolina.

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Photograph of a group of people outside of church, Georgia, 1900, courtesy of the Library of Congress.

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Photograph of a group of women and children doing laundry with a scrub board and tub, circa 1900, courtesy of the Library of Congress.

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Photograph of a man and woman processing rice, Mulberry Plantation, Berkely County, South Carolina, 1916, courtesy of Historic Charleston Foundation.

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Photograph of a man winnowing rice in a seagrass basket, Mulberry Plantation, Berkeley County, South Carolina, 1918, courtesy of Historic Charleston Foundation.

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Photograph of a sweetgrass basket stand along US Route 17, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, 1968, courtesy of Historic Charleston Foundation.

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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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