Large group of slaves(?) standing in front of buildings on Smiths Plantation Beaufo – Vintage Photo Print
(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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A window into the past: Large group of slaves(?) standing in front of buildings on Smiths Plantation Beaufo, preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Large group of slaves(?) standing in front of buildings on Smiths Plantation Beaufo
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Smiths Plantation, near Beaufort, South Carolina, is the setting for this 1862 view of a large group gathered before its buildings. Union forces had taken the Port Royal region in November 1861, and many planters fled, leaving enslaved people whose futures were being reshaped by the war. The catalog attributes the photograph to Mathew B. Brady, and its title carries a question mark over how the people were described, a reminder that such records are often uncertain. Historians study the image for what it shows of plantation buildings and daily life at a moment of upheaval.
| Created / published | 1862 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). · Brady Mathew B. 1823 (ca.)-1896 photographer. |
| Subjects | Slaves--South Carolina--Beaufort--1860-1870. Slavery--South Carolina--Beaufort--1860-1870. Plantations--South Carolina--Beaufort--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 3,072 × 3,008 px · prints to 10 × 10 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-51871 |
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