Details
Title Tobacco plantation [graphic].
Publisher [New York: Harper & Brothers]
Publisher NY. New York. 1855
Date [June 1855]
Physical Description 1 print: wood engraving; image 13 x 11 cm. (4.75 x 4.25 in)
Description Engraving accompanies the lead article "The History and Mystery of Tobacco." It is set on a tobacco plantation, and shows a large field of tobacco plants, as well as two surrounding buildings. In the foreground, three black men use hoes to break up the soil and pull the grass around the growing plants.
Is part of Harper's new monthly magazine. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1855.
Notes Illustration in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 11, no. 61 (June 1855), p. 8.
Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Work Scenes.
Subject Tobacco plantations -- United States.
African American agricultural laborers.
Genre Wood engravings -- 1850-1860.
Periodical illustrations -- 1850-1860.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | Per H 9 62992.O v 11 n 61 June 1855 p 8
Accession number 62992.O