Sujet

Carte-de-visite of African-American women and children in a cotton field, 1860s. Creator: J. H. Aylsworth.

Légende

Very young children stand alongside adults in the cotton field. The women wear dresses, and one young boy can be seen holding a hat. Enslaved people brought to the United States were the main work force on cotton and tobacco plantations in the Antebellum South. After the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863-1865 most stayed in farming as very poor sharecroppers, who rarely owned land.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21A72_470

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

60.7Mo (2.2Mo) / 46.8cm x 32.5cm / 5528 x 3840 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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