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Slab Fork Coal Mine 1947 - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

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From the south, African Americans brought banjos, group harmonies, and spirituals, eastern Europeans brought brass bands and folk tunes, and Scotch-Irish immigrants brought fiddles and ballads. As the sounds mixed in the hills of the West Virginia coal camps Appalachian music was born.

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1947
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https://npgallery.nps.gov/
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new river gorge national park and preserve west virginia african american heritage new river gorge auto tour music slab fork coal mine camps appalachian music african americans group harmonies brass bands folk tunes scotch irish immigrants national parks gallery high resolution