Winter holydays in the Southern States. Plantation frolic on Christmas eve
Summary
Illustration shows Christmas festivities on a southern plantation where enslaved African Americans dance, feast, and play music as their white owners observe.
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. V, no. 108 (1857 December 26), p. 64.
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african americans
social life
slaves
parties
periodical illustrations
wood engravings
winter holydays
southern states
plantation frolic
christmas eve
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engraving
library of congress
american civil war
Date
01/01/1857
Source
Library of Congress
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