Pre & Post Soviet Identity and the American South
Dublin Core
Title
Pre & Post Soviet Identity and the American South
Creator
Weygandt
Collection Items
Sharecropping in the Midwest
William Helmke in front of his one-room shack built by himself.Ninety acre farm, crop share lease owned by lawyer. Iowa
Jim Crow
This image displays an African American man dressed in frayed and ripped clothing walking as animals dressed in human attire stroll behind him alongside a steamboat and sailboat in the background. The term “Jim Crow” originated in the 1930s-40s as a…
Narrative of the Adventures and Escape of Moses Roper, from American Slavery.
Until the late 1800s, slave labor was widespread and commonplace in both America. African Americans were forced to work demanding labor jobs during all times of the year with no adequate reward, payment, or compensation. With a lack of proper…
The Cotton Pickers
Two African American women on a cotton farm stopping for a moment, reflecting on their experiences and thinking about what their lives have become. Their facial expressions portray their feelings greatly. The woman to the left seems weary and sad…
Slavery and the Emancipation
The listed image is from Princeton Library created by Thomas Nast on January 12, 1867 published in New York. This image vividly illustrates the unequal dynamics between whites and blacks in the United States during slavery and after. In the drawing…
The North Star
This item, “The North Star,” was an anti-slavery newspaper published December 1, 1848, 17 years before slavery was officially abolished in the U.S. It was edited and published by Frederick Douglass. The paper’s subtitle “Right is of no sex - The…
Alexander II Proclaiming the Emancipation of the Serfs
Tsar Alexander II is the person in the middle of the crowd wearing a white and red coat. In his hand, he is holding the emancipation manifesto that he released in 1861. Surrounding him are Russian serfs who have just been liberated, and landowners…
Russia in the early 1970's
This photo from 1970 depicts a religious community in Russia about a little over a century after the end of serfdom. The photo is interesting because it shows the livelihoods of the people in this community and it also shows the people themselves…