02285ckm a2200397 a 4500 000149397 20230712142922.0 kjobo| 030409s1854 nyunnn| ||||||| kneng d Fels-253 3 ppl PPL gihc Orr, John William, 1815-1887 engraver. 20124 Carrying cotton to the gin [graphic] / J.W. Orr N.Y. [New York: Harper & Brothers, January 1854] 1 print: wood engraving; image 8 x 6 cm. (3 x 2.25 in) Illustration in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 8, no. 46 (March 1854), p. 457. 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) Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Work Scenes. Cotton gins and ginning. 70516 Cotton plantation workers. 84775 African American agricultural laborers. 67105 Slave labor Southern States. Wood engravings 1850-1860. gmgpc Periodical illustrations 1850-1860. gmgpc SP3 African American History Harper's new monthly magazine. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1854. Imprint NY. New York. 1854. Library Company of Philadelphia Rare Per H 9 62992.O v 8 n 46 March 1854 p 457 Digital image https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2865 62992.O R Per H 9 62992.O v 8 n 46 March 1854 p 457 62992.O R Per H 9 62992.O v 8 n 46 March 1854 p 457 (CPomAG)80005885 142309 142309 000149397 CONV 00 20051208 1945 000149397 BATCH-UPD 00 20051211 0254 000149397 20060120 1813 000149397 20060201 1536 000149397 20071018 1953 000149397 EDITH 40 20090213 1104 000149397 ANN 40 20171109 1434 ppl NY. New York. 1854. Imprint