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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 View
    Second Floor, 2 050
    Exhibition
    Now Showing: Posters from African American Movies
    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
    Topic
    Agriculture
    American West
    Caricature and cartoons
    Literature
    Men
    Migrations
    Race relations
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2014.37.51
    Restrictions & Rights
    Public domain
    Usage
    Not determined
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5a114936d-bb8b-4ba4-93af-25bde03407c4
  • This Child's Gonna Live

    Written by
    Wright, Sarah Elizabeth, American, 1928 - 2009
    Published by
    Dell Publishing Co., American, 1929 - 1974
    Date
    1971
    On View
    Community/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
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5db971f0c-0137-4250-afb0-e0fb3c301c4e
  • 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.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5ca948e79-05f7-4162-9b83-1817b03747fc
  • 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
    Usage
    Not determined
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd504c9581e-f0e7-4490-b2f5-43bfac2a8c46
  • ...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.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5048fea9a-4257-4729-84a5-5f9392b7805d
  • 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
    Topic
    Agriculture
    American South
    Art
    Rural life
    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
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd53eed9a01-2ed2-4fb6-a6e9-325d85a485fc
  • 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
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5d3b461bd-e448-4fc1-b930-f67fe28d67c2
  • 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
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd58ce31b48-9409-4a7f-886e-71881c1557cf
  • 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
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5cc5b7333-59fc-4a2c-99be-3c13b2e41bf7
  • 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
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5f09a072c-b8c1-43a7-9833-3d900c2445d1
  • 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
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd590baafc6-8517-43e4-b935-c001e12fd63e
  • 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
    Topic
    Agriculture
    American South
    Art
    Domestic life
    Folklife
    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
    2017.68.2
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Cane River Art Corporation
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd535dda919-e348-4328-9856-8f06778464a9
  • 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
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd59c2bd8ed-395f-47b0-89e9-61504da13a97
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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
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd56f68edb0-8d4b-401a-ae19-41b1005ab328
  • 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
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd55ae48d39-6234-4bbb-85a3-325db737e717
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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
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd536222db7-c134-4c26-8e72-7f328acf2329
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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
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5e3310886-e7b0-44e3-8361-bd300469b4e8
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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
    Topic
    Agriculture
    American South
    Domestic life
    Photography
    Rural life
    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
    2016.166.14
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd550b0f6e2-8668-4c88-99ca-b0f730954338
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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
    Topic
    Agriculture
    American South
    Business
    Photography
    Transportation
    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
    2016.166.15
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5f75ac635-7b89-4e7b-9748-92a605bd1bfe
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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
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5288c71d6-9932-44d9-8c29-8fc098f81d83

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