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Description The Old Plantation (anonymous folk painting). Depicts African-American slaves dancing to banjo and percussion
Date late 1700s
Source http://www.history.org/history/teaching/enewsletter/volume3/images/OldPlantLg.jpg
Author AnonymousUnknown author
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"The Old Plantation", c. 1780s anonymous folk painting. Depicts African-American slaves dancing to banjo and percussion.

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current 12:46, 17 March 2008 Thumbnail for version as of 12:46, 17 March 2008982 × 651 (267 KB)Calliopejen
10:40, 17 October 2007 Thumbnail for version as of 10:40, 17 October 2007798 × 602 (66 KB)Dave souza{{Information |Description=African-American slaves dance to banjo and percussion |Source=scan from Savannah syncopators: African retentions in the blues, by Paul Oliver |Date=around the 1780s |Author=unknown |Permission=public domain |other_versions= }}

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