James Hopkinson's Plantation. Planting sweet potatoes. [Image]

Photographs of the War of the Rebellion.

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African American men and women hoe and plow the earth while others cut piles of sweet potatoes for planting. One man sits in a horse-drawn cart.

From 'U. S. Navy. Edisto Island. Morris and Folly Islands. Fort Warren, Mass. Andersonville Prison, Miscellaneous.' photographic album, p 64 (Edisto Island).

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African American men--Photographs
Plantations--Photographs
Sweet potatoes--Photographs
Agriculture--Photographs
Carriages and carts--Photographs
Slaves--United States--Photographs
African American women--Photographs

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