Agriculture -- Alabama
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Loading Cotton on the Alabama River caption, 1857
File — Box WSC001: [Barcode: 1006241611], Folder: W0129.01
Scope and Contents
This two-page typescript, titled "Loading Cotton on the Alabama River," is the caption of an illustration initially published in Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion on November 28, 1857. The caption describes an illustration featuring African-American boatmen using hooks to load cotton bales onto a steamboat. This collection only contains a typescript of the caption; a copy of the illustration is not included.
Dates:
1857