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![[Scenes in cotton field - White man weighing cotton picked by Blacks]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzEvMDEvMDEvc2NlbmVzLWluLWNvdHRvbi1maWVsZC13aGl0ZS1tYW4td2VpZ2hpbmctY290dG9uLXBpY2tlZC1ieS1ibGFja3MtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/320/284/jpg "[Scenes in cotton field - White man weighing cotton picked by Blacks]")
![[Scenes in cotton field - Blacks picking; White men watching; large factory in background]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzEvMDEvMDEvc2NlbmVzLWluLWNvdHRvbi1maWVsZC1ibGFja3MtcGlja2luZy13aGl0ZS1tZW4td2F0Y2hpbmctbGFyZ2UtZmFjdG9yeS1pbi1iYWNrZ3JvdW5kLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "[Scenes in cotton field - Blacks picking; White men watching; large factory in background]")
![[African American man with horse cultivating cotton with plow, N.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDIvMDEvMDEvYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbi1tYW4td2l0aC1ob3JzZS1jdWx0aXZhdGluZy1jb3R0b24td2l0aC1wbG93LW5jLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "[African American man with horse cultivating cotton with plow, N.C.]")
![[Viticultural scenes - man crushing grapes in vat with his feet]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE0OTMvMDEvMDEvdml0aWN1bHR1cmFsLXNjZW5lcy1tYW4tY3J1c2hpbmctZ3JhcGVzLWluLXZhdC13aXRoLWhpcy1mZWV0LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/59/webp "[Viticultural scenes - man crushing grapes in vat with his feet]")
![[African Americans resting and shooting dice at edge of cotton field]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjQvYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbnMtcmVzdGluZy1hbmQtc2hvb3RpbmctZGljZS1hdC1lZGdlLW9mLWNvdHRvbi1maWVsZC04OWQyMTUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/32/webp "[African Americans resting and shooting dice at edge of cotton field]")
![Edward S. Curtis - [Black Eagle--Assiniboin]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjQvYmxhY2stZWFnbGUtYXNzaW5pYm9pbi00NmJiZjQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/49/webp "Edward S. Curtis - [Black Eagle--Assiniboin]")
![Edward S. Curtis - [Dancer with black deer effigy--Hupa]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTIvZGFuY2VyLXdpdGgtYmxhY2stZGVlci1lZmZpZ3ktaHVwYS1hMTgyNTMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/50/webp "Edward S. Curtis - [Dancer with black deer effigy--Hupa]")
