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Melrose, Natchitoches, Parish, Louisiana. "African" house, probably a storeroom, smokehouse or jail when originally built by mulattoes, now part of John Henry cotton plantation. He purchased it from the Metoyier family in 1833 (see general caption). It was built and owned by them
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Melrose, Natchitoches, Parish, Louisiana. "African" house, probably a storeroom, smokehouse or jail when originally built by mulattoes, now part of John Henry cotton plantation. He purchased it from the Metoyier family in 1833 (see general caption). It was built and owned by them

Wolcott, Marion Post · 1940-01-01 · photo, print, drawing

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Credit lineMelrose, Natchitoches, Parish, Louisiana. "African" house, probably a storeroom, smokehouse or jail when originally built by mulattoes, now part of John Henry cotton plantation. He purchased it from t. 1940-01-01. Wolcott, Marion Post. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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