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A Negro camp meeting in the South – Vintage Print

A Negro camp meeting in the South, 1872 — antique engraving
A Negro camp meeting in the South, 1872. Antique engraving 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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A window into the past: A Negro camp meeting in the South, preserved in this antique engraving. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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A Negro camp meeting in the South

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Few magazine illustrations of the 1870s turned to Black worship in the postwar South, and this wood engraving appeared in *Harper's Weekly* on August 10, 1872, on page 620. Sol Eytinge Jr. made the design, and its title places the scene at a camp meeting, the outdoor revival gatherings that were central to Southern religious life. Such meetings, often held in clearings or under brush arbors over several days, drew families from wide areas for preaching, singing, and fellowship.

Created / published1872
Medium1 print : wood engraving.
SubjectsWood engraving by Sol Eytinge, Jr. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 16, (1872 August 10), p. 620. Ref. This copy negative shows tear on original page. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Caption card tracings: Negroes--Religion; Religion--Camp mtgs.; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,051 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-138637

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