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The Homesteader
- Written by
- Oscar Micheaux, American, 1884 - 1951
- Illustrated by
- Farrow, William McKnight, American, 1885 - 1967
- Published by
- Western Book Supply Company Publishers, American, founded 1915
- Date
- 1917
- On ViewSecond Floor, 2 050
- Medium
- ink on paper with buckram
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (closed): 7 9/16 × 5 7/16 × 1 11/16 in. (19.2 × 13.8 × 4.3 cm)
- Caption
- Oscar Micheaux was the most successful black independent filmmaker of the race movie era. Between 1919 and 1948 he wrote, directed, and produced approximately 40 films. Micheaux’s first film, The Homesteader, was an adaptation of his 1917 autobiographical novel about his experiences as a homesteader in South Dakota.
- Description
- A first edition hardcover octavo book with maroon buckram boards and gilt imprints. On the cover, within a gold edged border is text that reads "THE HOME- / STEADER / Oscar / Micheaux." The spine has gold text that reads at top "THE / HOME-STEADER / MICHEAUX." At bottom, under two gold lines are the words "Western / Book Supply / Company." There are 533 pages.
- Place printed
- Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials
- Type
- books
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2014.37.51
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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This Child's Gonna Live
- Written by
- Wright, Sarah Elizabeth, American, 1928 - 2009
- Published by
- Dell Publishing Co., American, 1929 - 1974
- Date
- 1971
- On ViewCommunity/Third Floor, 3 050
- Exhibition
- Making a Way Out of No Way
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 7 7/8 x 5 1/4 in. (20 x 13.3 cm)
- Description
- A first edition paperback book entitled This Child’s Gonna Live by Sarah E. Wright with a cover that features sepia toned portrait of Sarah E. Wright with off-white text. The upper left-hand corner has publication and pricing information in small white text along with an excerpt from a Chicago Sunday-Times review. Large off-white text justified to the left shows the title [This / Child’s / Gonna / Live]. Beneath this, smaller off-white text reads [by / Sarah E. Wright].
- The back cover is beige with black text and features a synopsis, three reviews, and a biography of Sarah E. Wright.
- This 276-page book follows the main character, Mariah Upshur, wife and mother, living in the fictional fishing village of Tangierneck on Maryland's Eastern Shore in the 1930s. Mariah’s husband, Jacob has been swindled out of his land by rich, white landowners and is forced to choose between working in a system reminiscent of share-cropping or as a fisherman, enduring rough weather. The Upshurs have three sons, a daughter who died prematurely and another daughter with whom Mariah is pregnant. While Jacob oftentimes buckles under the unrelenting systemic forces that oppress his family, Mariah endures her day-to-day trials while remaining determined to create a better future for her children.
- Wright depicts the struggles of poor African American women, who confront the multiple oppressions of class, race, and gender.
- There are no signatures or inscriptions.
- Place depicted
- Eastern Shore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Movement
- BAM (Black Arts Movement 1965-1976)
- Type
- paperbacks
- Topic
- Agriculture
- American South
- Caricature and cartoons
- Families
- Literature
- Motherhood
- Poverty
- Rural life
- U.S. History, 1919-1933
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Family of Sarah Elizabeth Wright
- Object number
- 2010.61.14
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 1969 by Sarah E. Wright
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Master of the Dew: A Novel of Haiti
- Written by
- Roumain, Jacques, Haitian, 1907 - 1944
- Translated by
- Hughes, Langston, American, 1902 - 1967
- Cook, Will Mercer, American, 1903 - 1987
- Published by
- Reynal & Hitchcock, American, 1933 - 1948
- Date
- 1947
- Medium
- cardboard, paper (fiber product) and ink
- Dimensions
- 8 1/4 x 5 1/2 x 1/2 in. (21 x 14 x 1.3 cm)
- Description
- A hard cover string bound 182 page book (a) written by Jacques Roumain is a novel set in Haiti. A label on the inside cover signifies that it was a part of [THE ARTHUR B. SPINGARN / COLLECTION / OF NEGRO LITERATURE]. The paper wrap around jacket (b) is printed on the cover with a pink background with white text [JACQUES ROUMAIN / MASTERS / of the DEW / A Novel of Haiti / Translated by / LANGSTON HUGHES / & MERCER COOK]. The spine, wings and verso feature a white background with pink text.
- Place depicted
- Haiti, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Type
- books
- Topic
- Agriculture
- Caricature and cartoons
- Literature
- Politics (Practical)
- Rural life
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2011.158.1ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- Cover: No Known Copyright Restrictions Content: © Jacques Roumain 1947 . Permission required for use.
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Slavery in the West Indies
- Written by
- Wilberforce, William, British, 1759 - 1833
- Macaulay, Zachary, British, 1768 - 1838
- Published by
- Greenwood Press, Inc., American, 1967 - 2008
- Date
- 1823; republished 1969
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product), cardboard, and thread
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 8 7/8 × 5 11/16 × 5/8 in. (22.5 × 14.5 × 1.6 cm)
- Description
- A 148-page hardbound book entitled Slavery in the West Indies. The entire cover is made of a brown woven material. The front and back covers are blank. The spine reads [SLAVERY IN THE WEST INDIES] vertically and includes the Negro Universities Publishing logo at the bottom. All text on the spine is gold. The original publication of this volume was in 1823. This book was reprinted in 1969 by Negro Universities Press, a division of Greenwood Publishing Press.
- This book is composed of two separate essays compiled into one volume, as noted on the Contents page. The first essay is “An Appeal to the Religion, Justice, and Humanity of the Inhabitants of the British Empire, in Behalf of the Negro Slaves in the West Indies” written by William Wilberforce. The second essay is “Negro Slavery ; Or, a View of Some of the More Prominent Features of That State of Society, as It Exists in the United States of America and in the Colonies of the West Indies, especially Jamaica” by Zachary Macaulay.
- There are no inscriptions or signatures anywhere on the object.
- Place depicted
- Jamaica, Caribbean, North and Central America
- Barbados, Caribbean, North and Central America
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Caribbean, North and Central America
- Trinidad and Tobago, Caribbean, North and Central America
- Bahamas, Caribbean, North and Central America
- Place printed
- New York, United States, North and Central America
- Cultural Place
- England, Europe
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Type
- hardcover books
- Topic
- Activism
- Agriculture
- Antislavery
- British colonialism
- Caricature and cartoons
- Colonialism
- Law
- Slavery
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2010.1.261
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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...in the fields
- Created by
- Catlett, Elizabeth, Mexican, 1915 - 2012
- Subject of
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- 1946-1947; printed 1989
- Medium
- ink and graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (image with title): 9 3/4 × 6 1/16 in. (24.8 × 15.4 cm)
- H x W (image ): 8 15/16 × 6 1/16 in. (22.7 × 15.4 cm)
- H x W (sheet): 15 1/8 × 11 1/4 in. (38.4 × 28.6 cm)
- Description
- This black and white linocut depicts a woman hoeing a field. Wearing a dress with its sleeves rolled up, she holds a hoe in both hands. She is barefoot and wears a brimmed hat. She stands in a field between rows of crops with a farmhouse in the background. There is a handwritten title below the image in pencil. It is signed by the artist on the bottom right. The back is blank.
- Place made
- Mexico City, Mexico, Latin America, North and Central America
- Portfolio/Series
- The Black Woman (formerly the Negro Woman)
- Classification
- Visual Arts
- Type
- linocuts
- Topic
- Agriculture
- Art
- Identity
- Labor
- Resistance
- Rural life
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Winifred Hervey
- Object number
- 2017.21.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 2020 Catlett Mora Family Trust/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY. Permission required for use.
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Hoeing Corn
- Attributed to
- Hunter, Clementine, American, ca. 1886 - 1988
- Subject of
- Melrose Plantation, American, founded 1832
- Date
- 1950s
- Medium
- oil paint on fiberboard
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (Framed): 24 × 31 3/4 × 1 3/8 in. (61 × 80.7 × 3.5 cm)
- H x W x D (Unframed): 16 1/8 × 23 7/8 × 3/16 in. (41 × 60.6 × 0.4 cm)
- Description
- An oil painting depicting workers hoeing corn in rural Louisiana. At the top of the painting is a band of blue sky. Below the sky are two horizontal rows of people hoeing corn. In the top row, there are four people in between tasseled corn plants. The first figure, at left, faces right and is pushing a hand-held plow. The following three people are facing left, each holding hoes, and all are wearing hats and some wear aprons. In the second row are five people interspersed between tasseled corn plants. The first figure, at left, appears to be female. She faces right, and she is holding a container in her left hand and has a pouch on her right hip. The next two people are wearing hats and holding hoes. The fourth person is wearing a white hat and is bending over to the ground. The final person is facing to the left and pushing a hand-held plow. Behind the figures and corn plants, the background is painted in broad white brushstrokes. The painting is signed "CH" at the lower right.
- Place depicted
- Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Visual Arts
- Type
- oil paintings
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Rand and Dana Jack family, in honor of Rand's grandmother, Blythe Rand, who early recognized and supported the special talents of Clementine Hunter
- Object number
- 2014.176.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Cane River Art Corporation
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Untitled (Picking and Hauling Cotton)
- Created by
- Hunter, Clementine, American, ca. 1886 - 1988
- Subject of
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- ca. 1970
- Medium
- oil paint on paperboard
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (painting): 16 × 24 × 1/4 in. (40.6 × 61 × 0.6 cm)
- H x W (framed): 22 × 31 1/2 in. (55.9 × 80 cm)
- Description
- This painting depicts two rows of women picking cotton. Both the top and bottom row has three women in purple, blue, and yellow dresses, each with a red hat. Each woman has a large white bag slung over her shoulder. Each figure stands in front of a low bush dotted with white spots of paint to indicate cotton. The artist has signed her initials [CH] in the lower right margin, with the "C" written backwards.
- Place made
- Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Visual Arts
- Type
- oil paintings
- Topic
- Agriculture
- American South
- Art
- Folklife
- Labor
- Rural life
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Collection of Sabra Brown Martin
- Object number
- 2017.68.11
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Cane River Art Corporation
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Untitled (Hauling Cotton to the Gin)
- Created by
- Hunter, Clementine, American, ca. 1886 - 1988
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Date
- ca. 1970
- Medium
- oil paint on plywood
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (painting): 15 1/8 × 33 3/4 × 3/8 in. (38.4 × 85.7 × 1 cm)
- H x W (framed): 21 1/8 × 41 1/4 in. (53.7 × 104.8 cm)
- Description
- This oil painting depicts a loaded wagon being driven toward a red building with a smoking chimney. The mule drawn wagon is piled with a white lumpy material. It is being driven by a man in a large white colored hat and an orange shirt. A man in a red shirt and white hat stands just outside the red building, working with a large pile of the lumpy white material that tumbles down a ramp from the building. Two other figures, in blue and orange shirts work with rectangular brown bundles. The sky is indicated by blue, white, and grey streaks overhead. The artist has signed her initials [CH] in the lower right corner, with the "C" written backwards.
- Place made
- Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Visual Arts
- Type
- oil paintings
- Topic
- Agriculture
- American South
- Art
- Folklife
- Labor
- Rural life
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Collection of Sabra Brown Martin
- Object number
- 2017.68.14
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Cane River Art Corporation
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Untitled (Horse Drawn Cotton Wagon)
- Created by
- Hunter, Clementine, American, ca. 1886 - 1988
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Date
- ca. 1969
- Medium
- oil paint on wood
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (painting): 7 1/2 × 22 3/4 × 11/16 in. (19.1 × 57.8 × 1.7 cm)
- H x W (framed): 13 1/2 × 30 1/4 in. (34.3 × 76.8 cm)
- Description
- This oil painting depicts a wagon full of cotton being driven up a steep incline. Drawn by a white horse, the wagon has a single wheel axis, with a red-spoked wheel. A human figure wearing a yellow shirt, black cap and brown trousers stands on a platform and clings on to the end of the cart. The driver sitting up front wears a large white hat, red shirt and black trousers. The horse stands at the foot of a steep incline, while two small trees or bushes are placed under the incline in the lower left corner of the image. The artist has signed her initials [CH] in the lower right margin, with the "C" written backwards.
- Place made
- Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Visual Arts
- Type
- oil paintings
- Topic
- Agriculture
- American South
- Art
- Folklife
- Labor
- Rural life
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Collection of Sabra Brown Martin
- Object number
- 2017.68.15
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Cane River Art Corporation
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Farm Scene
- Created by
- M.C. "5 Cent" Jones, American, 1918 - 2003
- Date
- 1970s - 1980s
- Medium
- tempera and ink on cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (painting in frame): 8 9/16 × 10 1/4 in. (21.8 × 26 cm)
- H x W x D (frame): 13 7/8 × 15 1/4 × 1 3/8 in. (35.2 × 38.7 × 3.5 cm)
- Description
- A Tempera and ink painting that depicts a farm scene by 5 Cent Jones. Outlines of human figures, farm animals, tools, and plant life are made in ink and painted over in tempera. The center of the painting has a blue-roof farm house and barn. In the foreground right corner, a man, woman and horse are doing farm work in the field. In the background are four trees with exposed branches. In the top left corner is the painter's signature, [MC JONES / 5¢].
- Place made
- Gilliam, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Visual Arts
- Type
- paintings
- Topic
- Agriculture
- Art
- Labor
- Rural life
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Collection of Sabra Brown Martin
- Object number
- 2017.68.17
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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Untitled
- Created by
- M.C. "5 Cent" Jones, American, 1918 - 2003
- Date
- 1970s - 1980s
- Medium
- tempera and ink on cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W (painting in frame): 14 7/8 × 18 11/16 in. (37.8 × 47.5 cm)
- H x W x D (frame): 22 1/4 × 25 9/16 × 1 5/16 in. (56.5 × 65 × 3.3 cm)
- Description
- A tempera and ink painting that depicts workers picking cotton in the field by 5 Cent Jones. Outlines of human figures, farm animals, tools, and plant life are made in ink and painted over in tempera. The center of the painting shows seven figures hand drawn in ink and painted in tempera on the field picking cotton. The cotton field, outlined only in ink, is contrasted in color by the greenery of the grass in the foreground and trees in the background. In the top left corner is the painter's signature, [MC JONES / 5¢].
- Place made
- Gilliam, Caddo Parrish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Visual Arts
- Type
- paintings
- Topic
- Agriculture
- Art
- Labor
- Rural life
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Collection of Sabra Brown Martin
- Object number
- 2017.68.18
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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Untitled (Miss Cammie with Ducks)
- Created by
- Hunter, Clementine, American, ca. 1886 - 1988
- Subject of
- Henry, Carmelite Garrett, American, 1872 - 1948
- Date
- ca. 1965
- Medium
- oil paint on plywood
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (painting): 7 15/16 × 11 1/2 in. (20.2 × 29.2 cm)
- H x W (framed): 13 15/16 × 19 in. (35.4 × 48.3 cm)
- Description
- This oil painting depicts a woman in a bonnet with a pair of white ducks with black wings and beaks. She stands in profile to the viewer, facing the ducks. She wears a large blue bonnet, white shirt, and white apron over a dark skirt. She holds out a green rod or stick in her right hand towards the ducks, who stand on patches of green grass. There appears to be a small round bowl on the ground in front of one of the ducks. Behind the woman is a tree and some low bushes. The artist has signed her initials [CH] in the bottom right corner, with the "C" written backwards.
- Place made
- Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Visual Arts
- Type
- oil paintings
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Collection of Sabra Brown Martin
- Object number
- 2017.68.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Cane River Art Corporation
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Untitled (Cotton Picking Scene with Overseer)
- Created by
- Hunter, Clementine, American, ca. 1886 - 1988
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- 1959
- Medium
- oil paint on cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (painting): 10 1/2 × 12 1/2 × 3/16 in. (26.7 × 31.8 × 0.5 cm)
- H x W (framed): 16 1/2 × 20 in. (41.9 × 50.8 cm)
- Description
- This painting depicts two individuals picking cotton, while a third individual drives a loaded cart. The image is divided into two sections. The bottom section has two women picking cotton. Bent at the waist, the figures wear long skirts and large hats with large white sacks over their shoulders. In the upper section is a mule drawn wagon. It is being driven by a man in a yellow shirt, black pants, and a black hat. He holds a long whip in one hand. The artist has signed her initials in the bottom right corner.
- Place made
- Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Visual Arts
- Type
- oil paintings
- Topic
- Agriculture
- American South
- Art
- Folklife
- Labor
- Rural life
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Collection of Sabra Brown Martin
- Object number
- 2017.68.8
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Cane River Art Corporation
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Violets
- Created by
- Burns, Pauline Powell, American, 1872 - 1912
- Date
- ca. 1890
- Medium
- oil paint on cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W (Unframed Painting): 8 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. (21.6 x 31.8 cm)
- Framed Painting: 12 1/2 x 16 3/4 x 1 5/16 in. (31.8 x 42.5 x 3.3 cm)
- Description
- This oil painting depicts a cluster of violets against a light gray surface and background. The violets are done is deep navy blues and purples, the blossoms lying in a jumbled heap amidst strands of greenery and a few green leaves. The pile of flowers lies on an off-white surface that gradually fades to grey shadows at the right most edge of the painting.
- Place made
- Oakland, Alameda County, California, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Visual Arts
- Type
- oil paintings
- still lifes
- Topic
- Agriculture
- Art
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2014.42.2ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public Domain
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Resurrection City: Untitled
- Photograph by
- Freedman, Jill, American, born 1939
- Subject of
- Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Date
- 1968; printed September 2017
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin and photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 8 5/8 × 12 15/16 in. (21.9 × 32.9 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 10 7/8 × 14 in. (27.7 × 35.5 cm)
- Title
- Photograph of six men advocating for more and better housing
- Description
- A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of six men standing and looking towards the camera. Several of the men to the left of frame hold a sign that reads [Bridgeton N. J. / Want more better / housing]. The man third from the right wears a striped shirt and two pinback buttons, one with the image of JFK and the other reading [POOR PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN / PUERTORRIQUEÑOS MARCHAN and carries the Puerto Rican flag in his pocket. The print is signed on the back in graphite [Jill Freedman].
- Place captured
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Bridgeton, Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
- Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
- Portfolio/Series
- Resurrection City
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Movement
- African American - Latinx Solidarity
- Poor People's Campaign
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Topic
- Activism
- Agriculture
- Housing
- Labor
- Local and regional
- Migrations
- Politics (Practical)
- Poverty
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2017.81.15
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Jill Freedman
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Appraisal of a plantation owned by Elisha King listing 43 enslaved persons
- Written by
- Sanders, S. W., American, died 1853
- Subject of
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Unidentified Man or Men
- King, Elisha F., American, died 1852
- Edmunds, John, American, born 1813
- Mobley, Green B., American, 1807 - 1877
- Belcher, Obadiah, American
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Date
- 1852
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 12 3/8 × 7 7/8 in. (31.5 × 20 cm)
- Description
- An appraisal conducted on September 10, 1852 on a plantation owned by Elisha F. King in Bibbs County, Alabama. The appraisal is handwritten with blue ink, recorded on both sides of a single sheet of blue paper, folded in half to make four pages. Written in the top left corner of the front side is “State of Alabama / Perry County.” The document begins “Perry City personally appraised before me Sh[illegible] W. Sanders an acting Justice of the Piece [sic] in for said count John Edmond, [illegible] B. Moolley, Obadiah Belcher commissioners appointed by the House J. F. Bailey Judge of the probate court of Perry County for the purpose of appraising the personal property belonging to the estate of the late E. F. King…” The appraisal goes on to list the property at the plantation in Bibbs County, Alabama, over two pages. Making up the majority of the property are fourty-three enslaved men, women and children, listed as "negroes" with names and prices ranging from $350 to $1000. The enslaved are identified as:
- Sarah & Child, Lucy & Child, Lane & 2 Children, Betty, Amy & 2 children, Mariah, Anacy, Tilda & 2 children, Catherine, Ann, Nelly, Rachael, Lizy, Susan, Mahaby, Phelan, Joseph, Caroline, Stokes, Jordain, Aalade, Dotia, Frank, Jacob, Merida, Noah, Sam, Moses, Fil, Jack, Isrel, Ben, Elijah, George, Mat
- In addition to the enslaved persons, the property listing includes ten mules, also identified with names and prices, six cows and calves, 5 head of sheep, and other livestock; spades, hoes, iron wedges, blacksmith tools, a cotton gin and other plantation tools, a lot of bacon, and household furniture.
- On the opposite side of the paper is a one page signed statement by Edwin W. King verifying the appraisal listing, dated September 21, 1852, and another page with the title "List of notes belonging to E of E.F. King." The page lists 15 debts with names, due dates, and amounts totaling $2617.60.
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcribed by digital volunteers
- Place used
- Perry County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Bibb County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Liljenquist Family Collection
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Documents and Published Materials-Business and Legal Documents
- Type
- appraisals
- Topic
- Agriculture
- American South
- Business
- Children
- Domestic slave trade
- Families
- Finance
- Men
- Slavery
- U.S. History, 1815-1861
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Liljenquist Family
- Object number
- 2018.43.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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No. 19, Cotton Picking
- Photograph by
- A. W. Möller, American, 1867 - after 1922
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Date
- late 19th-early 20th century
- Medium
- albumen and silver on paper on card mount
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 4 1/2 × 7 3/8 in. (11.4 × 18.7 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 5 × 8 1/16 in. (12.7 × 20.5 cm)
- Description
- A cabinet card with an albumen print of a group of unidentified men, women, and children picking cotton in a field. The landscape behind the cotton field is barren, with a grove of trees in the far left distance. Most of the people are bent over picking, though some are standing upright and one person in the left background has a large basket hoisted onto their left shoulder. The print is mounted on a pale yellow card mount that is gray on the reverse. The title and photographer name are printed and handwritten in black ink on the reverse.
- Place captured
- Thomasville, Thomas County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Liljenquist Family Collection
- Portfolio/Series
- Views in and Around Thomasville
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- cabinet photographs
- albumen prints
- Topic
- Agriculture
- American South
- Labor
- Photography
- U.S. History, 1865-1921
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection
- Object number
- 2016.166.12
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
-
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No. 1036, Cabin in the Corn
- Photograph by
- Lindsey, Thomas H., American, 1849 - 1927
- Subject of
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- 1895-1910
- Medium
- albumen and silver on paper on card mount
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 4 3/8 × 7 1/4 in. (11.1 × 18.4 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 5 × 8 in. (12.7 × 20.3 cm)
- Description
- A cabinet card with a black-and-white print depicting an unidentified woman standing in front of a small log cabin that is surrounded by corn stalks. The corn is higher than the roof of the cabin and other thick foliage can be seen in the background. The woman stands in the doorway of the cabin with her hands crossed in front of her waist. The title is imprinted in the lower left corner of the image. The photographic series title and photographer name and location are printed in dark blue ink around on the bottom and both sides of the tan card mount. There is a long descriptive explanation for the photographic series, "The Land of the Sky," printed in black ink on the reverse side of the mount. The title of this photograph is handwritten in graphite along the upper edge.
- Place captured
- Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Liljenquist Family Collection
- Portfolio/Series
- Views of Western North Carolina "The Land of the Sky"
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- cabinet photographs
- albumen prints
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection
- Object number
- 2016.166.14
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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No. 2009, Taking a Rest
- Photograph by
- Lindsey, Thomas H., American, 1849 - 1927
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Date
- 1890-1895
- Medium
- albumen and silver on paper on card mount
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 4 1/4 × 7 3/8 in. (10.8 × 18.7 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 5 × 8 in. (12.7 × 20.3 cm)
- Description
- A cabinet card with a black-and-white print depicting an unidentified man standing next to a Conestoga wagon drawn by three (3) oxen. Two of the oxen lay down on the dirt street. The man stands near the standing oxen and the proper left front wagon wheel holding leather reins in his left hand and a driving stick or whip in his right hand. The wagon has canvas-covered objects inside it. A group of men and boys in suits stand in the left background in the street behind the wagon. Two of the men wear aprons and all of the men are dressed in suits, although only one man wears a jacket. The boys are dressed in short pant suits. A line of shops runs along a brick sidewalk behind the gathered men. The title of the photograph is printed in white text in the lower right corner of the image. The series and photographer name are printed in black ink around the bottom and both sides of the mount. A narrative description of the series is printed on the reverse of the tan mount.
- Place captured
- Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Liljenquist Family Collection
- Portfolio/Series
- Western North Carolina Views - Character Series, Ashville and Vicinity (Class A)
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- cabinet photographs
- albumen prints
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection
- Object number
- 2016.166.15
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Cotton is King, Plantation Scene, Georgia, U. S. A.
- Photograph by
- Strohmeyer & Wyman, American, unknown-1901
- Subject of
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- 1895
- Medium
- albumen and silver on paper on card mount
- Dimensions
- H x W (sheet): 3 1/2 × 7 in. (8.9 × 17.8 cm)
- H x W (image (each)): 319 × 3 1/8 in. (810.3 × 7.9 cm)
- Description
- A stereograph titled "Cotton is King, Plantation Scene, Georgia, U. S. A." printed by Strohmeyer & Wyman. The gelatin silver prints depict a group of unidentified men, women, and children picking cotton in a field. A large basket of cotton is in the foreground between a child and a woman who is bent over picking bolls and putting them into a large sack looped around her shoulders. A man in the left background can be seen carrying a full basket of cotton bolls on his back. The publisher's name is printed along the left and right sides, with the title and copyright date printed in the lower right. The title is printed in several languages on the reverse center.
- Place depicted
- Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Liljenquist Family Collection
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- albumen prints
- stereographs
- Topic
- Agriculture
- American South
- Labor
- Photography
- U.S. History, 1865-1921
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection
- Object number
- 2016.166.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions