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[Stirrup Branch Plantation, Bishopville, S.C., on the 75th birthday of Capt. James Rembert, June 8, 1857 - rear view of house with slaves arranged by rank] – Historic Photograph Print

[Stirrup Branch Plantation, Bishopville, S.C., on the 75th birthday of Capt. James Rembert, June 8, 1857 - rear view of house with slaves arranged by rank], [1857] — historic photograph
[Stirrup Branch Plantation, Bishopville, S.C., on the 75th birthday of Capt. James Rembert, June 8, 1857 - rear view of house with slaves arranged by rank], [1857]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [Stirrup Branch Plantation, Bishopville, S.C., on the 75th birthday of Capt. James Rembert, June 8, 1857 - rear view of house with slaves arranged by rank]. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[Stirrup Branch Plantation, Bishopville, S.C., on the 75th birthday of Capt. James Rembert, June 8, 1857 - rear view of house with slaves arranged by rank]

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Taken in 1857 on the 75th birthday of Capt. James Rembert, this tintype shows the rear of the house at Stirrup Branch Plantation in Bishopville, South Carolina, with enslaved people arranged in a deliberate order by rank. The staging reflects how the owner and photographer chose to present the household, and it is the arrangement that makes the picture worth studying today. Images like this were made to record a plantation's people and status as part of the owner's record of his holdings. The picture later appeared in the International Center of Photography's exhibition *Only Skin Deep*, which examined photography and race.

Created / published[1857]
Medium1 photograph : tintype.
GenreN.Y.
NotesTitle devised by Library staff. Exhibited: Only Skin Deep" at the International Center of Photography
SubjectsRembert, James--Staff. Slaves--South Carolina--Bishopville--1850-1860. Plantations--South Carolina--Bishopville--1850-1860.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,176 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-123634

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