- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Rice Culture
- Creator:
- Waud, Alfred R. (Alfred Rudolph), 1828-1891
- Publisher:
- Harper's Weekly
- Date of Original:
- 1867
- Subject:
- Slaves--Georgia--Chatham County
Men--Georgia--Chatham County
Plantations--Georgia--Chatham County
Rice workers--Georgia--Chatham County
Shovels--Georgia--Chatham County
Rice--Georgia--Chatham County
Agriculture--Georgia--Chatham County
Slavery--Georgia--Chatham County - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Chatham County, 31.97402, -81.09243
- Medium:
- illustrations (layout features)
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- A. R. Waud's sketch Rice Culture on the Ogeechee, Near Savannah, Georgia depicts enslaved African Americans working in the rice fields.
Image of a sketch by A. R. Waud entitled "Rice Culture on the Ogeechee, Near Savannah, Georgia." This drawing depicts three enslaved African Americans working in the rice fields. Each man holds a shovel and digs to create a ditch. This scene is part of a larger image comprising vignettes that illustrate the various stages in rice cultivation, including ditching, flooding, reaping, and threshing. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/georgia-in-1860/m-3676/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Harper's Weekly
From Harper's Weekly - Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/slavery-antebellum-georgia
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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