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Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University [35-5-10/53043]
Jack, from the "Guinea Coast"

The "Guinea Coast" was a generic term describing large portions of the West African coast from the Gambia in the east to wester Nigeria. People who came from the Upper Guinea Coast could be originally from anywhere between the Gambia and Liberia.

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Image ID: 1158170C
Title: Jack, from the Guinea Coast.
Location: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University [35-5-10/53043]
Subjects: Africans
Guinea
Slaves

Keywords: Africans - Portraits
Racism
Slavery - South Carolina
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