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April 22, 2017

Young Serrawoolie Woman, 1858

A young Serrawoolie Woman dressed in her traditional garb. The Serrawoolies were a migratory group and practiced Islam which, according to the ILN, they ‘engrafted with Fetishism.’
The Illustrated London News, 24 April 1858. Courtesy of University of Missouri Libraries.

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