Born a slave on a rice plantation not far from the coast in South Carolina, her dress and general appearance are typical of that part of the state ; see Matthews for biographical and other details on women who come from the same area as Phebe Collins.
Aunt Phebe Collins, Windsor Plantation, Alabama, 1915
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1915
Aunt Phebe Collins, Windsor Plantation, Alabama, 1915
Essie Collins Matthews, Aunt Phebe, Uncle Tom and Others: Character Studies Among the Old Slaves of the South, Fifty Years After: illustrated from photographs made by the author in the cabins and on the plantations (Columbus, Ohio, 1915)
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Portraits & Illustrations of Individuals
North America--Alabama
Matthews, Essie Collins. Essie Collins Matthews, Aunt Phebe, Uncle Tom and Others: Character Studies Among the Old Slaves of the South, Fifty Years After: Illustrated Photographs Made by the Author in the Cabins and on the Plantations. Columbus, Ohio, 1915.
Handler, Jerome; Tuite, Michael; Randall Ericson; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
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