Jim Lawson (Uncle Jim), Windsor Plantation, Alabama, 1915
Born a slave in Maryland, Jim Lawson was taken to Alabama 20 years before the Civil War and placed on Windsor plantation, where he was still living and working at the time of this photograph.
Image Title
Jim Lawson (Uncle Jim), Windsor Plantation, Alabama, 1915
RegID
SI-OB-556
Date
1915
Title
Jim Lawson (Uncle Jim), Windsor Plantation, Alabama, 1915
Source
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)
Language
English
Item sets
Portraits & Illustrations of Individuals
Spatial Coverage
North America--Alabama
Reproduced In
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.
Researchers
Handler, Jerome; Tuite, Michael; Randall Ericson; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Identifier
NW0240