What time period is this?
How did they learn this skill?
Where would this type of activity usually take place?
What if anything does this photo say about cultural retentions, slavery, American culture?
A series of historical photos which provide a look into Maroonage, or Maroon communities; the forming of semi-independent,self governing communities by escaped slaves in North America, Latin America and the Caribbean. These communities were typically located in inaccessible areas such as forests, swamps, and mountains. Also known as quilombos, mocambos, palenques, and mambises, maroon, which comes from the word cimarron, meaning "fugitive" became the standard definition.
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