Details
Creator Whitney, Jocelyn & Annin engraver.
Title The emigration [graphic] / Whitney, Jocelyn, Annin, sc.
Publisher [New York: s.n]
Date [1855]
Physical Description 1 print: wood engraving; image 9 x 12 cm. (3.5 x 4.75 in)
Description Engraving accompanies Chapter VII ("A Variety of Incidents") in Thorpe's fictional narrative. It shows the protagonist, Mildmay, leading his slaves on a journey from North Carolina to Louisiana, where he had purchased a new plantation. Following Mildmay's example, the slaves discarded most of their possessions and took only what they could carry. According to the text, the procession included five large wagons, "which were filled with camp equipage, cooking utensils, sick or delicate women, and infant children." (p. 72)
Is part of Thorpe, Thomas Bangs, 1815-1878. Master's house. New York: J.C. Derby, 119 Nassau Street, 1855.
Notes Illustration in Thomas Bangs Thorpe's The master's house; or, scenes descriptive of southern life (New York: J.C. Derby, 119 Nassau Street, 1855), p. 70.
Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Scenes from Slave Life.
Subject Slaves -- Southern States.
Internal migration -- United States.
Fictitious characters.
Genre Wood engravings -- 1850-1860.
Book illustrations -- 1850-1860.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | 2 Wright 2496a 71095.D p 70
Accession number 71095.D