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A day's work ended

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Image ID

5001003


Item data

Title

A day's work ended

Collection

Slavery
Labor - Cotton industry

Names

Morgan, Matthew Somerville, 1839-1890 (Illustrator)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1887 (Inferred)

Library Location

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Slavery

Subjects

Slavery -- United States
Enslaved persons -- Social conditions
Slave trade -- United States
Cotton textile industry
Slave labor

Genres

Reproductions
Illustrations

Notes

Citation/Reference: Image originally published in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper in 1887.

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b16104370
Photo Order: 48587
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): b53a6700-cab3-012f-d755-58d385a7b928

Rights

The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1887

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MLA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "A day's work ended" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1887. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b53a6700-cab3-012f-d755-58d385a7b928

APA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1887). A day's work ended Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b53a6700-cab3-012f-d755-58d385a7b928

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "A day's work ended" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b53a6700-cab3-012f-d755-58d385a7b928

Wikipedia citation

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