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Carrying cotton to the gin [graphic] / J.W. Orr N.Y.
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Creator
Orr, John William, 1815-1887 engraver.
Title
Carrying cotton to the gin [graphic] / J.W. Orr N.Y.
Publisher
[New York: Harper & Brothers]
Publisher
NY. New York. 1854
Date
[January 1854]
Physical Description
1 print: wood engraving; image 8 x 6 cm. (3 x 2.25 in)
Description
Engraving is one of several accompanying T.B. Thorpe's article "Cotton and its Cultivation." It shows seven African American plantation hands walking with large baskets of cotton on their heads. The men and women walk in a perfect line, leaving three or four paces between them. The illustration corresponds with the following passage, "Among the most characteristic scenes of plantation life is the returning of the hands at nightfall from the field, with their well-filled baskets of cotton upon their heads. Falling unconsciously "into line," the stoutest leading the way, they move along in the dim twilight of a winter day with the quietness of spirits rather than human beings." (p. 455-56)
Is part of
Harper's new monthly magazine. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1854.
Notes
Illustration in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 8, no. 46 (March 1854), p. 457.
Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Work Scenes.
Subject
Cotton gins and ginning.
Cotton plantation workers.
African American agricultural laborers.
Slave labor -- Southern States.
Genre
Wood engravings -- 1850-1860.
Periodical illustrations -- 1850-1860.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | Per H 9 62992.O v 8 n 46 March 1854 p 457
Accession number
62992.O
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