Oxcart pulling naval stores
About this illustration
Frederick Law Olmsted, A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States; With Remarks on Their Economy. New York; London: Dix and Edwards; Sampson Low, Son & Co., 1856.
- Date created
- 1856
- Location
- North Carolina
- License
- This work is believed to be in the public domain. Users are advised to make their own copyright assessment and to understand their rights to fair use.
- Source
- Original image housed by UNC Libraries
See this illustration in context
- Antebellum North Carolina: Primary sources and readings explore North Carolina in the antebellum period (1830–1860). Topics include slavery, daily life, agriculture, industry, technology, and the arts, as well as the events leading to secession and civil war. (Page 2.11)
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An engraving from Frederick Law Olmsted’s 1856 book A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States. A slave leads a team of oxen pulling a cart loaded with barrels of turpentine along a dirt road through the woods. To the side, another slave is chopping at a pine tree with an axe to expose the sap, while a white man watches with a gun over his shoulder. Log buildings are visible in the background.
