Sujet

An Evil of Slavery, 1940. Creator: Melinda O. Smith.

Légende

An Evil of Slavery, 1940. 'One evil of slavery was the housing conditions. These were long-cabbins mostly one room in which they slept, lived, cooked, and ate. Now and then you would find a hut having a shed room, which [illegible] from the main roof. This was called a two room hut. The huts were generally over crowded, since the entire family lived in these one or two rooms. There was very little chance for cleanliness, privacy, and little opportunity for the developing [of] moral standards. These huts had very little or no ventilation, only a shutter which had to be...'.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM23A07_019

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Droits gérés

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22,2Mo (734,0Ko) / 20,7cm x 26,8cm / 2448 x 3170 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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