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Slavery at Pleasant View Farm Marker
Photographer: Lee Hattabaugh
Taken: May 6, 2010
Caption: Slavery at Pleasant View Farm Marker
Additional Description: These former slaves are shown preparing sweet potatoes for planting. Before emancipation, many Madison County landowners depended at least in part on slave labor. Slavery was defended primarily with economic arguments in Madison County and elsewhere.
Submitted: June 7, 2010, by Lee Hattabaugh of Capshaw, Alabama.
Database Locator Identification Number: p112126
File Size: 0.968 Megabytes

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