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Okefenokee Swamp folklore

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Photograph of a group of male African American workers in Ware County, Georgia, near the Okefenokee Swamp. Many of the men kneel close to the ground. A man wearing a hat stands on the right.During the 1800s the Okefenokee Swamp region had one of the smallest African American populations in the state. After the Civil War more blacks were drawn to the area by jobs in farming, turpentining, logging, and the railroad industry.
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  1. African American Men
  2. African Americans
  3. Blue Collar Workers
  4. Georgia
  5. Men
  6. Okefenokee Swamp (Ga. And Fla.)
  7. Ware County

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