Plantation Collection

Slave couple marrying by jumping over a broom
Broomstick wedding ceremony of African-American slaves, from an eyewitness before the Civil War. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Plundering a plantation during Shermans March to the Sea
Shermans troops foraging on a Georgia plantation, 1864. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Black slave on a sugar plantation
Slave woman hoeing sugar plants on a plantation in Louisiana, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Jamaican plantation houses from a roadside, 1880s. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century Howard Pyle illustration

Native field hands picking coffee in Brazil 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Slave cabin where Booker T. Washington was born
Slave cabin birthplace of Booker T. Washington, Burroughs tobacco plantation, Virginia. Photograph

Cotton gin in use by African-American slaves in the South
Slaves using Eli Whitneys cotton gin, invented in the 1790s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Cotton bales on a river boat, 1800s
Steam-driven boat loaded with bales of cotton, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

George Washington farming at Mount Vernon. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Colonial Virginians at a plantation ball
Guests dancing the Virginia reel at a Westover Plantation ball, 1700s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Maryland plantation manor, 1800s
An old Maryland tobacco plantation house with outbuildings, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Coffee plantation in Brazil
Coffee plantation in southern Brazil, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Boats on the lower Mississippi River, 1850s
Steamboats and a raft passing a sugar plantation on the Mississippi River, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Cotton plant. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Cotton-press, 1800s
African-American workers baling cotton in a cotton-press, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Slave cabins on a plantation
Row of slave cabins on a southern plantation, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Plantation slaves singing and clapping
Group 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 plantation
Slaves social gathering at a plantation corn-husking, 1800s. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration

Slaves planning their escape to freedom
Slaves on a cotton plantation talking about escaping to the north, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Afroamerican slaves picking cotton. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Picking cotton on a plantation in the Deep South, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Slaves planting rice in North Carolina, 1800s
Planting rice on a North Carolina plantation, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Slave cabin on a southern plantation
Slave family outside their cabin on a southern plantation. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

African American slaves harvesting cane on a sugar plantation Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Black slaves harvesting sugar cane on a plantation in the US South, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

South Carolina plantation house, 1800s
Dusk at Drayton Hall, a South Carolina plantation. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Shirley Plantation in Virginia, 1800s
Manor house of Shirley Plantation on the James River, Virginia, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

George Washington and his family at Mount Vernon. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

George Washington and the Custis children with Afroamerican field hands at Mount Vernon. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Death of George Washington at his Mount Vernon home, 1799. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Music-lesson in a colonial Southern plantation house. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Smokehouse on a plantation in South Carolina
Smokehouse at Boone Hall, an antebellum plantation near Charleston, South Carolina. Digital photograph

Cuban sugar-planter with his staff and bodyguards, 1890s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a photograph

Tobacco plantation in Cuba, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Ox-drawn wagons carrying harvested sugar cane on a Jamaica plantation, circa 1890. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Ripe bananas brought to the wharf, Annatto Bay, Jamaica, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Native workers harvesting coffee in Costa Rica, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Cultivation of tobacco in colonial Virginia. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Southern lady and her African-American slave in an outdoor market, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Interior of slave cabin where Booker T. Washington was born, Burroughs tobacco plantation, Virginia. Photograph

White overseer with African-American field-hands cutting sugar-cane, 1800s Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

African-American slave with bag of picked cotton, US South, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

African-American field-hands picking cotton, late 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

A plantation home in Mississippi before the Civil War. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Washington family at Mount Vernon
Domestic life at Mount Vernon, 1700s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

A Birthnight Ball in colonial Virginia. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Learning the minuet
Colonial children learning to dance the minuet. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

George Washington dancing a minuet at Sally Fairfaxs home in colonial Virginia. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Sugar plantation in Cuba, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Jamaican women carrying bananas to a seaport, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Plantation coffee-mill, surrounded by stone terraces, Jamaica, circa 1890. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Sacks of coffee carried into a warehouse in Brazil, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Coffee berries spread in the plantation yard to ferment and dry, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Harvesting a Carolina rice-field. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Cranberry bog pickers at work on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 1890s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a photograph

Plantation dinner guests fanned by a slave in the Deep South Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Men served drinks by a young slave in a Louisiana plantation home. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration by Kemble

Slaves bringing in loads of cotton after a days picking, early 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Boy keeping warm in a slave cabin
Young black boy in his bare slave cabin, US South. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

African-American slaves unloading rice barges in South Carolina 1800s Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

African American slaves picking baling and ginning cotton by steam Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

African-American woman carrying sheaves on a rice plantation. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Plantation slaves loading rice to a barge on the Savannah River on the Georgia South Carolina border 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Slaves bringing in the cotton harvest. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

African-American serving dinner in a southern plantation Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

African-American field hands hooking up sugar cane in Louisiana, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Kemble illustration

Bringing tobacco to market in early Virginia. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

African-American hauling baled cotton to market with a team of mules, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

A plantation house in Georgia. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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