Slave Cabin 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

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

Slave cabin on a southern plantation
Slave family outside their cabin on a southern plantation. 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

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

Woman urging a slave to escape
Plantation school teacher urging a slave to escape to freedom, 1850s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

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African-American mother rocking and singing to her children in a cabin. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

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African-American family eating hoe-cake and clabber in a cabin. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

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African-American prayer meeting in a cabin. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Mother and baby in a slave cabin
African-American mother rocking and singing to her child in a cabin. Photo of a slave cabin combined with a hand-colored halftone 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

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