Festival, South Carolina, 1852
A festival held on the plantation in honor of the return of one of the white masters. Some people are shown dancing. The band leader is seated on top of the hogshead playing a fiddle; others are playing the banjo, bones, and drum and were seated around their leader, some on the ground and some on rude benches brought from the cabins (pp. 113-114). The author travelled through the U.S. South, but Buckingham Hall may be a fictitious name.
Image Title
Festival, South Carolina, 1852
RegID
SI-OB-290
Date
1852
Title
Festival, South Carolina, 1852
Source
Robert Criswell, "Uncle Tom's Cabin" contrasted with Buckingham Hall, the planter's home (New York, 1852), facing p. 113. (Copy in Library Company of Philadelphia)"
Language
English
Item sets
Music, Dance & Recreational Activities
Spatial Coverage
North America--South Carolina
Reproduced In
Robert Criswell, "Uncle Tom's Cabin" contrasted with Buckingham Hall, the planter's home (New York, 1852), facing p. 113.
Researchers
Handler, Jerome; Tuite, Michael; Randall Ericson; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Identifier
LCP-62