African-American woman sewing

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In the 1850s, portrait painter George Fuller (1822-1884) of Deerfield, Massachusetts, traveled through South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama sketching enslaved people and plantation life. His images provide a rare glimpse of slavery in the Deep South before the Civil War (1861-1865.) This drawing is one of three Fuller made of the interior of housing for enslaved people on a plantation.

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Item typeArtwork
Drawing
CreatorFuller, George
Date1856–1858
PlaceAlabama
TopicAfrican American, Black Life
Art, Music, Literature, Crafts
EraNational Expansion and Reform, 1816–1860
MaterialPaper
Process/FormatDrawing; Graphite, pencil
Dimension detailsHeight: 5.50 in Width: 10.75 in
Catalog #1994.20.03.54
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Fuller, George. African-American woman sewing. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/1994-20-03-54/. Accessed on December 6, 2024.

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