Muddy Shore on the Tuckahoe River

Photo Orientation Map below)

This is at the foot of the Kentucky ravine. Douglass's grandmother fished with seine nets here for shad and herring.

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Symbol Key for the Annotated Photo Below

  • K -- "Kentucky", the wooded ravine from which Douglass' family drew spring water
  • MB -- "Muddy Shore", the Tuckahoe River shoreline where Betsey Bailey seine-fished
  • TR -- Tuckahoe River

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    Orientation Map Showing Photo Angle

    (Camera positioned at the apex of the angle.)