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English: John E. Seabrook's Wharf. Century plant. Edisto Island, South Carolina. Drying cotton. Cotton drying on ground, tended by an African American man and woman; large plant at edge of wharf, which juts out into water, many men lounge on it.
Date circa 1862
date QS:P,+1862-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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Source Library of Congress
Author Henry P. Moore

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