Sugar Plantation, Louisiana, 1873-74
Shows the reaping of the sugar cane; black fieldworkers, white overseer. Original sketch made by J. Wells Chamney who accompanied the author during 1873 and the spring and summer of 1874; the latter describes this plantation on pp. 82-83. Although relating to the post-emancipation period, the scene evokes the later ante-bellum years.
Image Title
Sugar Plantation, Louisiana, 1873-74
RegID
SI-OB-1147
Date
1873-1874
Title
Sugar Plantation, Louisiana, 1873-74
Source
Edward King, The Great South (Hartford, Conn., 1875), p. 83 (Special Collections, University of Virginia Library)
Language
English
Item sets
Plantation Scenes, Slave Settlements & Houses
Spatial Coverage
North America--Louisiana
Reproduced In
Edward King, The Great South (Hartford, Conn., 1875), p. 83
Researchers
Handler, Jerome; Tuite, Michael; Randall Ericson; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Identifier
King02