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Planting sugar-cane on a Louisiana plantation.

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1240364

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Title

Planting sugar-cane on a Louisiana plantation.

Collection

The South in the building of the nation: a history of the southern states designed to record the South's part in the making of the American nation; to portray the character and genius, to chronicle the achievements and progress and to illustrate the life and traditions of the southern people

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1909 - 1913 (Approximate)
Place: Richmond, Va.
Publisher: The Southern historical publication society

Library Location

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division
Shelf locator: Sc E 87-42

Subjects

Southern States
Sugarcane
Louisiana
African American agricultural laborers

Genres

Photographs

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPG87-B5923
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11116333
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 8a2ca020-c616-012f-0569-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1909

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MLA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "Planting sugar-cane on a Louisiana plantation." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1909 - 1913. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8a2ca020-c616-012f-0569-58d385a7bc34

APA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. (1909 - 1913). Planting sugar-cane on a Louisiana plantation. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8a2ca020-c616-012f-0569-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "Planting sugar-cane on a Louisiana plantation." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 12, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8a2ca020-c616-012f-0569-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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