Black Family, Beaufort, South Carolina, 1862
The Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress has three copies of the negative to this photograph by Timothy H. O'Sullivan, the Civil War photographer. The best of the three is shown here( LC-B8171-152-A), and is titled by the LOC as five generations on Smith's plantation, Beaufort, South Carolina. The other two negatives (LC-B811-152) are titled Beaufort, South Carolina. Negro family representing several generations. All born on the plantation of J.J. Smith, Beaufort, S.C. Sullivan visited Smith's plantation in 1862 and made several photographs of its enslaved population. In general, however, O'Sullivan left no records of his experiences and photographs, and the only identifiers are to be found on the notes or captions he scribbled on his negatives. For details on O'Sullivan and his photographs, see James Horan, Timothy O'Sullivan: America's Forgotten Photographer (New York, 1966) and Joel Snyder, American Frontiers: The Photographs of Timothy H. O'Sullivan (New York, 1981).
Image Title
Black Family, Beaufort, South Carolina, 1862
RegID
SI-OB-123
Date
1862
Title
Black Family, Beaufort, South Carolina, 1862
Source
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Language
English
Item sets
Family Life, Child Care, Schools
Spatial Coverage
North America--South Carolina
Researchers
Handler, Jerome; Tuite, Michael; Randall Ericson; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Last Updated
17-Mar-16
Identifier
NW0243