Trent River Settlement; School-House and Chapel; Negro Huts

This series of three image shows cabins, school house, chapel and huts in North Carolina. Men, women, children were engaged in various activities, such as conversing, playing games, fishing from a boat in a river, carrying loads on heads. Harper's Weekly: A Journal of Civilization was an American political magazine based in New York City and published by Harper & Brothers from 1857 until 1916. It featured foreign and domestic news, fiction, essays on many subjects and humor, alongside illustrations. It covered the American Civil War extensively, including many illustrations of events from the war.

Image Title

Trent River Settlement; School-House and Chapel; Negro Huts

RegID

SI-OB-503

Date

1866

Title

Trent River Settlement; School-House and Chapel; Negro Huts

Source

Harper's Weekly (June 6, 1866), p.361.

Language

English

Item sets

Plantation Scenes, Slave Settlements & Houses

Spatial Coverage

North America--North Carolina

Reproduced In

Harper's Weekly (June 6, 1866), p.361.

Researchers

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

Identifier

HW0041