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 Doing History: Look at the watercolor painting The Old Plantation(c. 1800) featured in the archive. This painting was found in South Carolina without any records to clearly establish its artist, date of composition, or even its subject. Based on your knowledge of African American slave culture, what do you think is happening in this painting? What was the artist trying to depict? Who do you think the artist might have been? Why did he or she paint this picture?