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Photographer: Craig Swain
Taken: July 28, 2012
Caption: Batteaumen
Additional Description: Batteaumen, often slaves or free blacks, transported goods and military supplies on the canal without white supervision. Some batteaumen were involved in antislavery activities. - Courtesy Our State Magazine.
Submitted: August 28, 2012, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p217455
File Size: 2.569 Megabytes

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