Quarters, Belair Plantation
Artist/Author:
Mugnier, George Francois, 1855-1936
Subject:
African American children, Plantations, African American men, photography
Geographic Area:
New Orleans, Louisiana
Date:
ca. 1890
Archives:
Elizabeth James Papers, Special Collections, Texas Southern University
Archives email contact:
chaffeegj@tsu.edu
Description:
6 young African American boys sit on a fenceboard surrounded by several adult male African American sugar harvesters, Belair Plantation, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. Workers’ quarters are in the background. Most likely carte de visite; albumen process on cardstock, sepia. Image measures 7.25” x 9.25” on 10”x 12” cardstock.