Negro Quarters

This engraving shows several slave houses with chimneys and small group of people dancing in front in Louisiana. Harper's Magazine (also called Harper's) is a monthly magazine of literature, politics, culture, finance and the arts.

Image Title

Negro Quarters

RegID

SI-OB-470

Date

1853

Title

Negro Quarters

Source

Harper's New Monthly Magazine (1853), vol. 9, p. 753. Copy in Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library.

Language

English

Item sets

Plantation Scenes, Slave Settlements & Houses

Spatial Coverage

North America--Louisiana

Reproduced In

Harper's New Monthly Magazine (1853), vol. 9, p. 753.

Researchers

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

Identifier

HW9-753