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Fifteenth amendment. Bringing his crop to town. [graphic] / Photographed by J. N. Wilson, nos. 143 Broughton and 21 Bull Sts., Savannah, Ga.
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Creator
Wilson, J. N.
Title
Fifteenth amendment. Bringing his crop to town. [graphic] / Photographed by J. N. Wilson, nos. 143 Broughton and 21 Bull Sts., Savannah, Ga.
Publisher
Savannah, Ga. : [J. N. Wilson]
Publisher
GA. Savannah. 1870
Date
[ca. 1870]
Physical Description
1 photograph : albumen on card mount ; mount 9 x 18 cm (3.5 x 7 in.) (stereograph format)
Description
Racist, vignetted view showing an African American man, attired in worn clothes, hauling a loaded cart pulled by a thin, horned cow. The man, attired in a wide-brimmed hat, jacket, and pants, rides the cow. His right hand holds the reigns of the yoke and his left hand holds up a stick in a striking motion. A pile of thatch fills the cart. A bag of cotton rests atop of the thatch. Townscape is visible in the background. View racistly satirizes African American civil rights and the right to vote granted to African American men in 1870 by the Fifteenth Amendment.
Notes
Title and series number printed on verso.
Name of photographer printed on verso.
Photographer inferred to also be publisher.
Date inferred from style of mount and active dates of photographer.
Printed on mount: Charleston & Vicinity.
Orange mount with rounded corners.
Gift of David Long.
RVCDC
Description revised 2022.
Access points revised 2022.
Biographical / historical note
Jerome N. Wilson (1827-1897), a New-York born photographer, relocated his photography business to Savannah Georgia in 1865. He produced multiple genres of photographs, including cartes de visite and stereographs. His studio was enlarged and improved in 1871.
Subject
United States. Constitution. 15th amendement.
African Americans -- Caricatures and cartoons.
African American farmers.
Carts & wagons.
Constitutional amendments -- United States.
Cotton.
Cows.
Farming.
Racism in popular culture.
Genre
Stereographs -- 1860-1870.
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870.
Satires (Visual works) -- 1860-1870.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - misc. photo. - Wilson [P.2018.16.11]
Accession number
P.2018.16.11
In Collections
African American History Photographs
Race and Visual Culture Digital Collection, 1866-1900
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