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Description	English: Pots in which Twin Babies were Exposed Image of three clay pots lying on the ground in a clearing. Such pots were used to expose twin babies.; It was the belief in Calabar that if a women had twins one of them had to be a devil so the twins were left in the jungle in such pots to die. Mary Slessor, the Scottish missionary, successfully fought against the practice of killing twins at infancy and herself saved many twins from this fate. Photographer: Unknown Filename: imp-cswc-GB-237-CSWC47-LS2-016.tif Coverage date: circa 1880 Part of collection: International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960 Type: images Part of subcollection: Photographs from the Centre for the Study of World Christianity, University of Edinburgh, U.K., ca.1900-ca.1940s Repository name: Centre for the Study of World Christianity Archival file: impaunpub_Volume7/1288.url Repository address: The University of Edinburgh School of Divinity, New College, Mound Place, Edinburgh EH1 2LX, United Kingdom Geographic subject (country): Nigeria Format (aacr2): 1 lantern slide : 8 x 8 cm. Geographic subject (continent): Africa Rights: Contact the repository for details. Part of series: Mary Slessor LS2 Repository email: divinity-CSWC@ed.ac.uk Subject (lcsh Keyword): Human rights; Twins; Infanticide Date created: circa 1880 Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries Subject (aat genre): close-up views Format (aat): lantern slides Legacy record ID: impa-m68158 Access conditions: http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/divinity/research/centres/world-christianity/collections-resources File: GB 237 CSWC47/LS2/16
Date	circa 1880 date QS:P,+1880-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source	http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll123/id/64411
Author	Unknown authorUnknown author

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