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Negro sharecropper's farmstead against the levee. Near Lake Providence, Louisiana
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Summary
Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 10, (1866 May 26), p. 329.
Title and other information transcribed from caption card.
Caption card tracings: Disasters Floods; Dams; Geogr.; Fishing; Negroes .
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crevasse
chim
plantation
west baton rouge
louisiana
flood
break
levee
men
nets
foreground
baton rouge
19th century
history of baton rouge
chim plantation
illustrations
harpers weekly
Date
01/01/1866
Source
Library of Congress
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