A log house in the woods of antebellum North Carolina
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
- Copyright unknown.
- 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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Two people stand talking in front of a log cabin surrounded by pine trees. Pigs roam freely in the yard where two children are playing. A pelt hangs on the wall of the cabin. Another person, possibly a slave, is working in the woods nearby.
