George Fuller (1822-1884) of Deerfield, Massachusetts, traveled through much of the American south, including South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama in the 1850s. Working as a portrait painter, Fuller also made numerous sketches of slaves and plantation slave life he observed on his travels. These images provide a rare glimpse of slavery in the Deep South in the decade before the Civil War (1861-1865.) This drawing is one of three Fuller sketches of the interior of slave quarters on a southern plantation. The enslaved woman in the sketch is making or mending a shirt. Note the Fuller’s careful attention to details such as the woman’s dress, the iron pots in the fireplace, and the meager furniture.
Fuller, George. African-American woman sewing. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/1994-20-03-54/. Accessed on April 25, 2025.
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