Church Service at Plantation, South Carolina, 1863
A slave preaching to a congregation of slaves and the plantation owner and his family. The preacher was a house slave who could read but not write. This illustration is from a sketch made in a rude chapel erected for the slaves on this cotton plantation, near Port Royal, South Carolina. The Methodist persuasion is the one which finds most favour among the slaves in the Southern as well as among the free Negroes in the Northern States ( p. 574).
Image Title
Church Service at Plantation, South Carolina, 1863
RegID
SI-OB-705
Date
1863
Title
Church Service at Plantation, South Carolina, 1863
Source
The Illustrated London News (Dec. 5, 1863), vol. 43, p. 561.
Language
English
Item sets
Religion & Mortuary Practices
Spatial Coverage
North America--South Carolina
Reproduced In
The Illustrated London News (Dec. 5, 1863), vol. 43, p. 561.
Researchers
Handler, Jerome; Tuite, Michael; Randall Ericson; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Last Updated
26-Jan-15
Identifier
NW0176