Slave Cabin on a Rice Plantation, U.S. South, 1859
Caption, negroes at home; shows group of people in front of a cabin; man and woman smoking pipes. Each family of negroes has a house or cabin of its own, generally with sufficient garden ground, piggery, hennery, and so forth. These cabins are often made of logs, but sometimes are neat and cozy frame buildings. . . . Men and women all smoke habitually, whether at work or at rest... (Richards, p. 732).
Image Title
Slave Cabin on a Rice Plantation, U.S. South, 1859
RegID
SI-OB-486
Date
1859
Title
Slave Cabin on a Rice Plantation, U.S. South, 1859
Source
Harper's Monthly Magazine, vol. 19 (1859), p. 724; accompanies article by T. Addison Richards, "The Rice Lands of the South" (pp. 721-38). (Copy in Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library)"
Language
English
Item sets
Plantation Scenes, Slave Settlements & Houses
Spatial Coverage
North America
Reproduced In
Harper's Monthly Magazine, vol. 19 (1859), p. 724
Researchers
Handler, Jerome; Tuite, Michael; Randall Ericson; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Identifier
NW0099