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Download the WPA Slave Narratives from the Library of Congress
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desc "Download the WPA Slave Narratives using wget"
task :wget_wpa do
system %{wget --wait 1 --limit-rate=200k -A .jpg,.png,.gif,.txt,.tif,.pdf --no-parent --background --mirror http://memory.loc.gov/mss/mesn/}
end
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