"Travel and trade was alive and well, and the exchange of music had to have been part of the process."
Of course ... that could be wrong. But anyway ... sounds logical.
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Plantation Dance, South Carolina circa 1790 featuring banjo and calabash. Image #NW0159 courtesy of the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities.
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Plantation Dance, South Carolina circa 1790 featuring banjo and calabash. Image #NW0159 courtesy of the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities.