Diana9
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With Sherman in town, it was probaby a book on firefighting.
Auction & Negro Sales: 1864
"Whitehall Street, Atlanta, 1864. This photo of a black Union soldier posted at a slave auction house in Atlanta is one of hundreds taken by George N. Barnard during Gen. Sherman's occupation of the city in the fall of 1864. Many were destroyed in the conflagration that erupted upon Sherman's firing of Confederate munitions stores when he departed on Nov. 15."
Notice, he's reading a book.
I have some slave pictures, though my wife refers to them as wedding photos.
I think if they paid him he would have got a new pair of pants for the picture. getting your picture taken back in those days was a big deal.Expired Image Removed
"Uncle Dick," Windsor Plantation, Alabama, 1915
"At eighty-two,[he] is still on the Windsor plantation, whither he was brought early in life" (Matthews)
Why was he still on the plantation? Did they pay him wages?
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"Uncle Dick," Windsor Plantation, Alabama, 1915
"At eighty-two,[he] is still on the Windsor plantation, whither he was brought early in life" (Matthews)
Why was he still on the plantation? Did they pay him wages?
Auction & Negro Sales: 1864
"Whitehall Street, Atlanta, 1864. This photo of a black Union soldier posted at a slave auction house in Atlanta is one of hundreds taken by George N. Barnard during Gen. Sherman's occupation of the city in the fall of 1864. Many were destroyed in the conflagration that erupted upon Sherman's firing of Confederate munitions stores when he departed on Nov. 15."
Notice, he's reading a book.
I have some slave pictures, though my wife refers to them as wedding photos.
Diana9 said:"Uncle Dick," Windsor Plantation, Alabama, 1915
"At eighty-two,[he] is still on the Windsor plantation, whither he was brought early in life" (Matthews)
Why was he still on the plantation? Did they pay him wages?
When we visited The Hermitage, I remember the cabin and seeing Uncle Alfred's grave. If you go to Nashville The Hermitage is a must see, at least to me.
Thanks for posting the photos.
That was one of the very first historic places my folks took me to when I was a kid, it's a beautiful place and I learned a lot about Jackson.
henry
The caption editor was obviously leaning South. There were no "munitions stores" when Sherman left Atlanta. Hood fired them when he left Atlanta, causing fires that resulted in much of the burning. Sherman's men set about destroying mills and other installations of use to the Confederacy, causing further destruction in the city. That Sherman burned Atlanta is one of those cherished myths."Whitehall Street, Atlanta, 1864. This photo of a black Union soldier posted at a slave auction house in Atlanta is one of hundreds taken by George N. Barnard during Gen. Sherman's occupation of the city in the fall of 1864. Many were destroyed in the conflagration that erupted upon Sherman's firing of Confederate munitions stores when he departed on Nov. 15."