Feb 26, 2009 - Sale 2171

Sale 2171 - Lot 74

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,200
(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION--PHOTOGRAPHY.) Slave Cabin. Carte-de-Visite, with note in pencil on the reverse "Slave Cabin, North Carolina." Np, circa 1860-1865

Additional Details

A touching photograph that shows of a typical slave cabin with the women of a family standing in front. At the left, a ladder that leans against the house next to the chimney with four young boys sitting on the rungs. At the far right, the back of another slave cabin is visible. On larger plantations, the cabins were erected in rows in this manner.