Collection

Harper’s Weekly depicting conditions of freed Black people in the South

Harper’s Weekly A Journal of Civilization, June 9, 1866, vol. X, no. 493

This issue of Harper’s Weekly has a full-page spread on images of “Freedmen” in North Carolina after the Civil War. The images include “Trent River Settlement, opposite Nebery, North Carolina,” “School-house and Chapel at Trent River Settlement,” “Negro huts at Trent River Settlement,” and “Generals Steedman and Fullerton conferring with the Freedmen in their church at Trent River Settlement”
A brief article on “General Steedman’s Tour” appears on p. 366
The artist and writer is Mr. Davis.

Date

June 9, 1866

Location

New York, New York

Author/Artist

Mr. Davis

Source

Harper's Weekly A Journal of Civilization, June 9, 1866, vol. X, no. 493

Media Type

Magazine