The
emigration
Whitney, Jocelyn & Annin
engraver
still image
Graphic
Government publication
Wood engravings -- 1850-1860
Book illustrations -- 1850-1860
nyu
New York
NY. New York
s.n
[1855]
1855
monographic
eng
1 print: wood engraving; image 9 x 12 cm. (3.5 x 4.75 in)
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)
Whitney, Jocelyn, Annin, sc.
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.
Slaves
Southern States
Internal migration
United States
Fictitious characters
71095.D
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Master's house
Thorpe, Thomas Bangs, 1815-1878
New York: J.C. Derby, 119 Nassau Street, 1855
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