African American Life-Black and White Illustrations

PART 1: BEFORE FREEDOM

Location	Representing...
Live Oak Plantation Iberville Parish	Chapel for enslaved workers on a plantation
Congo Square New Orleans	urban slavery
Congo Square New Orleans	instruments used in Congo Square, as drawn by Benjamin Latrobe in 1819 Courtesy Maryland Historical Society
Congo Square New Orleans	instruments used in Congo Square, as drawn by Benjamin Latrobe in 1819 Courtesy Maryland Historical Society
Congo Square New Orleans	instruments used in Congo Square, as drawn by Benjamin Latrobe in 1819 Courtesy Maryland Historical Society
Slave collar with bells	How enslaved people were sometimes treated Courtesy Louisiana State Museum Collection
Nursemaid and child, New Orleans Circa 1830-1860	Appearance and work of enslaved people Courtesy Louisiana State Museum Collection
Sample runaway slave ads, The Daily Picayune, April 26, 1857	resistance to slavery
Evergreen Plantation, St. John the Baptist Parish 1835 inventory of enslaved people on the plantation	types of work done on a plantation, especially skilled labor Courtesy Evergreen Plantation