'Domestic Life in South Carolina'

'Domestic Life in South Carolina'

A British Illustrator's View of Domestic Life and Society in Civil War South Carolina

This scene displayed in the Illustrated London News offers a more idyllic depiction of the nature of Southern society and issues of race. While not explicitly stated, this image may provide a window into the presence of slavery in the structure of the Southern family household. The image displays characteristics common of such depictions, including the contrasting appearances of the white and black figures in the scene, adult and child alike.

Courtesy of "The Civil War in America from the Illustrated London News": A Joint Project by Sandra J. Still, Emily E. Katt, Collection Management, and the Beck Center of Emory University;
Images online at http://iln.digitalscholarship.emory.edu/

From The Illustrated London News, Vol. 42, no. 1204, p. 552

Published May 23, 1863

Public domain; Courtesy of "The Civil War in America from the Illustrated London News": A Joint Project by Sandra J. Still, Emily E. Katt, Collection Management, and the Beck Center of Emory University

English

Still Image, Text

Article Illustration