- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Turnwold Plantation
- Date of Original:
- 1840/1877
- Subject:
- Slaves--Georgia--Eatonton
Men--Georgia--Eatonton
Women--Georgia--Eatonton
African American men--Georgia--Eatonton
African American women--Georgia--Eatonton
Women slaves--Georgia--Eatonton
Plantations--Georgia--Eatonton - People:
- Turner, J. A. (Joseph Addison), 1826-1868
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Putnam County, Eatonton, 33.3268, -83.3885
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Five enslaved people are pictured at Turnwold Plantation, the Eatonton estate of Joseph Addison Turner. Writer Joel Chandler Harris, who lived at Turnwold during the Civil War, drew upon his experiences there to write his Uncle Remus tales, as well as his autobiographical novel On the Plantation.
Photograph of five slaves from the Turnwold Plantation in Eatonton, Georgia. Four men and one woman stand outdoors in a row, facing forward. They are dressed in ragged clothes, and the man and woman on the far left hold canes. Turnwold Plantation was owned by Joseph Addison Turner. Several Turnwold Plantation slaves became models for Uncle Remus, Aunt Tempy, and other figures in the African American animal tales immortalized by Georgia author Joel Chandler Harris. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/on-the-plantation/m-521/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University
Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/joel-chandler-harris-1845-1908
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/uncle-remus-tales
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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