- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Enslaved Laborers in Cotton Field
- Publisher:
- Williams, Robert E. Robert E. Williams Photographic Collection, 1872-1898, Ms 1284, No. 21, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, GA
- Date of Original:
- 1872/1898
- Subject:
- Slaves--Georgia
Cotton--Georgia
Cotton picking--Georgia
Slave women--Georgia
Women--Georgia
Men--Georgia
African Americans--Georgia
African American women--Georgia
African American men--Georgia
Baskets--Georgia
Agriculture--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- drawings (visual works)
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- An illustration depicts enslaved laborers working in a southern cotton field. After the Civil War the most important issue to white landowners was that many of their best cotton fields lay in disrepair and their cotton field labor had been emancipated.
Illustration depicting slaves working in a Georgia cotton field. Both male and female slaves are shown picking cotton and hauling large baskets of cotton through the field. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/business-economy/cotton/m-3347/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries
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Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries - Original Collection:
- Williams, Robert E. Robert E. Williams Photographic Collection, 1872-1898, Ms 1284, No. 21, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, GA
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/business-economy/cotton
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia
Robert E. Williams Photographic Collection - Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
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