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Plantation Slavery

Sources that illustrate the lives of women in the plantation system.

Woman carrying a bale of cotton on her head

O. Pierre Havens (photographer), Woman carrying a bale of cotton on her head, ca. 1850-1930. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library.

Slave Account Book, Prince George’s County

Charles Benedict Calvert, Slave Account Book, Prince George’s County, ca. 1850s. Maryland Manuscripts Collection, Special Collections, University of Maryland Libraries.

Slave Shackles

Slave Shackles, ca. 1866. New-York Historical Society, Gift of Mrs. Carroll Beckwith.

Cotton Pickers, Atlanta

J. A. Palmer (photographer), Cotton Pickers, Atlanta, 1875. Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center.