Represents Our next door neighbor, A little black girl spinning wool

The below caption likely reflects the lyrics of a song, "O carry me back, O carry me back, to old Virginia Shore, home Spun, and humani [hominy] block, & corn, this very valuable grain in Virginia and much is raised." On the left, a female was spinning a wheel. A sheep was in the lower left hand corner, and in the center, a man with a large yellow (straw?) hat holding a long-handled hoe and a banner on which is written "Protect and Encourage domestic & native industry." The man on right is pounding corn in a mortar, the hominy block, a common method of pounding grains in West Africa.

Image Title

Represents Our next door neighbor, A little black girl spinning wool

RegID

SI-OB-268

Date

1853

Title

Represents Our next door neighbor, A little black girl spinning wool

Source

Lewis Miller, Sketchbook of Landscapes in the State of Virginia, 1853-1867. Courtesy, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, Virginia; image D0S2005-PC-700.

Language

English

Item sets

Miscellaneous Occupations & Economic Activities

Spatial Coverage

North America--Virginia

Researchers

Jerome Handler; Michael Tuite; Christopher Sperling; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May

Last Updated

13-Oct-17

Identifier

CW01