Lot 73
[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. CDV of a plantation scene featuring enslaved workers picking cotton. Helena, AR: J.P. Jones, ca 1865.
Sale 994 - African Americana
Feb 23, 2022
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[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. CDV of a plantation scene featuring enslaved workers picking cotton. Helena, AR: J.P. Jones, ca 1865.
3 11/16 x 2 1/8 in. CDV on cardstock mount (faded, light wear to mount edges). Photographer's imprint to mount verso. Contemporary ink inscription describes the scene and identifies an individual: "Plantation Scene below Helina [sic] Ark. on Miss River. Cotton Picking Fall 1865. M? D. Landon (afterwards known as Eli Perkins, Mounted riding marked here." A small ink mark, as mentioned, points out Perkins in the image.
The outdoor photograph shows approximately 10 enslaved people harvesting cotton with two white overseers on horseback. The wheels of a wagon are visible in the right foreground.
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