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African-Americans conversing by a mantel, one playing a banjo, the other holding a hoe

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Cartoons (Commentary)Wood Engravings
Created Date:
1861 02 16
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Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection

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Art and Picture Collection. The New York Public Library

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The New York Public Library

Keywords

  1. African American Musicians
  2. African Americans
  3. Banjos
  4. Civil War
  5. Civil War, 1861 1865
  6. History
  7. Men
  8. Music
  9. Slaver
  10. Slaves
  11. Social Life
  12. United States

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