Transporting Tobacco to Market, near Richmond, Virginia, 1873-74

Description

Captioned, The old method of getting tobacco to market, a man with a whip is driving a mule and oxen team that is hauling a huge hogshead. The tobacco leaf is the most troublesome as well as the most remunerative staple which the Virginian planter can raise (p. 634). Original sketch made by J. Wells Chamney who accompanied the author during 1873 and the spring and summer of 1874. Although relating to the post-emancipation period, the scene evokes the later ante-bellum years.

Source

Edward King, The Great South (Hartford, Conn., 1875), p. 634 (Special Collections, University of Virginia Library)

Creator

Chamney, J. Wells

Language

English

Rights

Image is in the public domain. Metadata is available under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International.

Identifier

King05

Spatial Coverage

North America--Virginia

Item sets

Miscellaneous Occupations & Economic Activities

Citation

"Transporting Tobacco to Market, near Richmond, Virginia, 1873-74", Slavery Images: A Visual Record of the African Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Early African Diaspora, accessed March 20, 2023, http://www.slaveryimages.org/s/slaveryimages/item/2896

Captioned, The old method of getting tobacco to market, a man with a whip is driving a mule and oxen team that is hauling a huge hogshead. The tobacco leaf is the most troublesome as well as the most remunerative staple which the Virginian planter can raise (p. 634). Original sketch made by J. Wells Chamney who accompanied the author during 1873 and the spring and summer of 1874. Although relating to the post-emancipation period, the scene evokes the later ante-bellum years.