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Antebellum homes and plantations

Allen House

Broom

Photo of a colonial-era broom leaning against an outside wall at the Allen House in Alamance County, North Carolina. The broom, made of sticks, was used to sweep dried leaves from the yard surrounding the house as a way of preventing the spread of fire.

Photograph by David Walbert

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