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Historic Jamestowne
Yams or Sweet Potatoes
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Enslaved Africans enjoyed the New World sweet potato much as they did the closely-related yam, a native root crop of West Africa.
 
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Exmaples of clay pipes and pipe stems in the NPS Jamestown collection  

Did You Know?
Clay Pipe stems and bowls discarded by Jamestown settlers can help date an archeological site. Over 50,000 have been found by archeologists at Jamestown.

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