A women babysitting a white baby
Two little boys
Four boys
The distinguished “Mr. Tom,” seated with his cane
Photography Book
Readying for the cock fight
Picking cotton from dawn to dusk under a blazing sun. On average, 100 lbs. of cotton bolls were picked per day by each person, enough to fill two 12 foot long “drag-along” bags
An old man with a basket of chickens
Six slave boys
Young man, bare chested
A little girl
Another woman holding a young white child
One Thomas Jones, a field-hand from North Carolina, describes a typical day during the peak seasons.
During the planting and harvest season, we had to work early and late. The men and women were called at three o'clock ’n the morning, and were worked on the plantation till it was dark at night. After that they must prepare their food for supper and for the breakfast of the next day, and attend to other duties of their own dear homes. Parents would often have to work for their children at home, after each day's protracted toil, till the middle of the night, and then snatch a few hours' sleep’ to get strength for the heavy burdens of the next day.
A-A Family in front of cabin
A very young girl
An imposing woman
A young boy posed with a pot on his head
Three young men on cotton bales in Richmond, VA
Slave Children
Adult Slaves
Four adults, apparently preparing a meal
Young black woman with head-wrap
A barefoot woman overseeing two older white children
Four little kids playing outside
A young man, likely a field hand
Woman and Donkey
An old woman weaving baskets
A slave family huddled outside their cabin in Aiken, South Carolina
Large Family by Cabin in Stereo
African-Americans