Enslaved People Dancing in the South, 1840s

Identifier
EAA11
Title
Enslaved People Dancing in the South, 1840s
Description
The Sabbath among slaves depicts various activities, e.g., dancing, playing banjo, wrestling, in a romanticized picture of American slave life as described by Henry Bibb.
Creator
Handler, Jerome; Tuite, Michael; Randall Ericson; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Date Created
1840s
Publisher
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-107750
Bibliographic Citation
Henry Bibb, Narrative of the life and adventures of Henry Bibb, an American slave (New York, 1849), facing p. 23. ( Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-107750)

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