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