One Thousand Contrabands Building a Levee on the Mississippi River

Item Information

Title:
One Thousand Contrabands Building a Levee on the Mississippi River
Description:
Large and interesting scene; in Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper 5/9/1863.
Creator:
Schell, Francis H., 1834-1909
Date:
March 13, 1863
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Boston College
Collection (local):
Becker collection
Subjects:
African American women--History--Pictorial works--1800--1899
African Americans--History--Pictorial works--1863--1877
Freedmen--Pictorial works--Louisiana
Levees--Design and construction--History--Pictorial works--1800--1899
History--Pictorial works--1861--1865--Louisiana
Pictorial works--Mississippi River
Places:
Louisiana > East Baton Rouge (county) > Baton Rouge
Tennessee > Shelby (county) > Memphis
Extent:
1 online resource (1 image)
Link to Item:
https://hdl.handle.net/2345/4893
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Condition: Two pieces glued together; vertical folds; ripping along right and bottom margin; uneven paper at lower margin; glue stains at upper corners; damage along central fold.
Original drawing location: CW-FHS-LA-3/13/63 (Box 8.)
Physical description of original: Graphite on wove paper ; 13 x 19.25 in.
Recto: "One thousand contrabands under the direction of Capt. Hodge of Gen. Augur's staff including 150 women constructing an immense levee on the plantation of G.A. Hall below Baton Rouge, the scene of the great crevasses in the spring of 1857 & 1861. Baton Rouge, with the Navy preparing for the attack on Port Hudson, in the background // Union Flotilla // State House // State deaf and dumb Asylum // shell."
Verso: No text.
Identifier:
2345/4893
81489124650001021
99137908251301021
Call #:
E468.7