Slaves of Rebel Gen. T. F. Drayton, Hilton Head, S. C.
Artist
Henry P. Moore(American, 1835–1911)American, 1835–1911
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Slaves of Rebel Gen. T. F. Drayton, Hilton Head, S. C.
Date1861–1862
MediumAlbumen silver print from glass negative
DimensionsImage: 5 1/8 × 8 1/4 in. (13 × 21 cm)
Sheet: 5 1/8 × 8 1/4 in. (13 × 21 cm)
Mount: 10 3/4 × 13 11/16 in. (27.3 × 34.8 cm)
Sheet: 5 1/8 × 8 1/4 in. (13 × 21 cm)
Mount: 10 3/4 × 13 11/16 in. (27.3 × 34.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach, Directors
Object number2021.314
Not on view
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When Union troops landed on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, in late 1861, they found that Confederate General Thomas Fenwick Drayton—like all the island’s White inhabitants—had fled, leaving behind his 700-acre plantation and the 102 men, women, and children he enslaved there. This photograph by the New Hampshire photographer Henry P. Moore depicts people not yet free, continuing to work the fields now held by Union soldiers. The Emancipation Proclamation was still a year away.
Provenance[American Historical Ephemera and Photography, Cowan’s Auction, Cincinnati, Ohio, June 28, Lot 722]; purchased by MFAH, 2021.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed in black on applied label, mount recto, bottom right: Slaves of Rebel Gen. T. F. Drayton // Hilton Head, S. C. // Photographed and For Sale by // H. P. Moore, Concord, N. H.
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