Former slaves at Hopkinson's Plantation, Edisto Island, South Carolina,1862, Henry P. off in their mule-driven wagons to tend their swe

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The former slaves now worked for their own benefit and were heading off in their mule-driven wagons to tend their sweet potatoes and other crops; within a year President Lincoln would give them their freedom.

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Location: America
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