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Doing the washing

Washing laundry by hand and carrying it some distances in baskets and bundles atop their heads were common chores for African-American women. Archeologists have have learned that African traditions influenced much of the basketry, pottery, cuisine, and housing styles in the South.

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Uploaded on February 10, 2009
Taken on February 9, 2009