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Photographer: Andrew Ruppenstein
Taken: May 30, 2017
Caption: Swing Low: Harriet Tubman Memorial - Decorative Quilt Detail: "Jumping the Broom"
Additional Description: ...In some African-American communities, marrying couples will end their ceremony by jumping over a broomstick, either together or separately. This practice is well attested for as a marriage ceremony for slaves in the Southern United States in the 1840s and 1850s who were often not permitted to wed legally.... Wikipedia, "Jumping the Broom"
Submitted: July 10, 2017, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p388644
File Size: 1.812 Megabytes

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