A Tobacco plantation

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Title

A Tobacco plantation

Collection

Tobacco, its history and associations: including an account of the plant and its manufacture; with its modes of use in all ages and countries

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1745 - 1865 (Approximate)
Publisher: Bowles and Carver

Library Location

George Arents Collection
Shelf locator: Arents 3248

Subjects

Tobacco
Africans
Enslaved persons
Indians of North America
Smoking
Tobacco plantations

Genres

Prints

Notes

Content: opp. p. 136; Indians in upper half of image; slave loading hogsheads of tobacco as owner smokes and looks on

Physical Description

Wood engravings

Identifiers

Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): fb320ec0-c600-012f-ed2b-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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George Arents Collection, The New York Public Library. "A Tobacco plantation" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1745 - 1865. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/fb320ec0-c600-012f-ed2b-58d385a7bc34

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George Arents Collection, The New York Public Library. (1745 - 1865). A Tobacco plantation Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/fb320ec0-c600-012f-ed2b-58d385a7bc34

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George Arents Collection, The New York Public Library. "A Tobacco plantation" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 9, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/fb320ec0-c600-012f-ed2b-58d385a7bc34

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