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Austin History Center, Austin Public Library [PICA 05496]
Freed Women Near Circleville, ca. 1866

Unlike black communities in other western states, free African Americans in Texas set down community roots in the shadow of slavery. In remote areas of Texas, some slaveholders continued to practice slavery after the end of the Civil War.

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Image ID: 06_009
Title: Freedwomen washing laundry along creek near Circleville, Texas, ca. 1866.
Created: ca. 1866
Location: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library [PICA 05496]
Subjects: African American families
Domestic life
Laundry

Keywords: Free People
Texas
Women - Texas
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