Plundering a plantation during Shermans March to the SeaShermans troops foraging on a Georgia plantation, 1864. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Black slave on a sugar plantationSlave woman hoeing sugar plants on a plantation in Louisiana, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Slave couple marrying by jumping over a broomBroomstick wedding ceremony of African-American slaves, from an eyewitness before the Civil War. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
GATL2A-00033Jamaican plantation houses from a roadside, 1880s. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century Howard Pyle illustration
AGRI2A-00088Native field hands picking coffee in Brazil 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Slave cabin where Booker T. Washington was bornSlave cabin birthplace of Booker T. Washington, Burroughs tobacco plantation, Virginia. Photograph
Cotton gin in use by African-American slaves in the SouthSlaves using Eli Whitneys cotton gin, invented in the 1790s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
PPRE2A-00153George Washington farming at Mount Vernon. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Colonial Virginians at a plantation ballGuests dancing the Virginia reel at a Westover Plantation ball, 1700s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Maryland plantation manor, 1800sAn old Maryland tobacco plantation house with outbuildings, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Cotton plant. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Cotton bales on a river boat, 1800sSteam-driven boat loaded with bales of cotton, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Plantation slaves singing and clappingGroup of slaves singing on a southern plantation, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration based on a Boston teachers description
Slaves husking corn on a plantationSlaves social gathering at a plantation corn-husking, 1800s. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration
AGRI2A-00011Afroamerican slaves picking cotton. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Slave cabin on a southern plantationSlave family outside their cabin on a southern plantation. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
AGRI2A-00054African American slaves harvesting cane on a sugar plantation Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
AGRI2A-00055Black slaves harvesting sugar cane on a plantation in the US South, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
South Carolina plantation house, 1800sDusk at Drayton Hall, a South Carolina plantation. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Shirley Plantation in Virginia, 1800sManor house of Shirley Plantation on the James River, Virginia, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
PPRE2A-00079George Washington and the Custis children with Afroamerican field hands at Mount Vernon. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration
PPRE2A-00133Death of George Washington at his Mount Vernon home, 1799. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration
Smokehouse on a plantation in South CarolinaSmokehouse at Boone Hall, an antebellum plantation near Charleston, South Carolina. Digital photograph
GATL2A-00010Cuban sugar-planter with his staff and bodyguards, 1890s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a photograph
GATL2A-00015Tobacco plantation in Cuba, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
GATL2A-00025Ox-drawn wagons carrying harvested sugar cane on a Jamaica plantation, circa 1890. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration
GATL2A-00026Ripe bananas brought to the wharf, Annatto Bay, Jamaica, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Coffee plantation in BrazilCoffee plantation in southern Brazil, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
AGRI2A-00124Native workers harvesting coffee in Costa Rica, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Boats on the lower Mississippi River, 1850sSteamboats and a raft passing a sugar plantation on the Mississippi River, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Cotton-press, 1800sAfrican-American workers baling cotton in a cotton-press, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
HSET2A-00096Southern lady and her African-American slave in an outdoor market, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Slave cabins on a plantationRow of slave cabins on a southern plantation, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Interior of slave cabin where Booker T. Washington was born, Burroughs tobacco plantation, Virginia. Photograph
Slaves planning their escape to freedomSlaves on a cotton plantation talking about escaping to the north, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
AGRI2A-00006White overseer with African-American field-hands cutting sugar-cane, 1800s Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
AGRI2A-00014Picking cotton on a plantation in the Deep South, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Slaves planting rice in North Carolina, 1800sPlanting rice on a North Carolina plantation, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration
AGRI2A-00115African-American slave with bag of picked cotton, US South, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
AGRI2A-00129African-American field-hands picking cotton, late 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
HSET2A-00010A plantation home in Mississippi before the Civil War. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
PPRE2A-00075George Washington and his family at Mount Vernon. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration
Washington family at Mount VernonDomestic life at Mount Vernon, 1700s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
HSET2A-00044Music-lesson in a colonial Southern plantation house. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
HREC2A-00008A Birthnight Ball in colonial Virginia. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Learning the minuetColonial children learning to dance the minuet. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
HREC2A-00023George Washington dancing a minuet at Sally Fairfaxs home in colonial Virginia. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
GATL2A-00006Sugar plantation in Cuba, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration