In this letter Ripley & Waldo discuss, among other things, the different colors of fabric needed for the different roles of enslaved people on the plantation.
On loan from the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
On loan from the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
In this letter Ripley & Waldo discuss, among other things, the different colors of fabric needed for the different roles of enslaved people on the plantation.
On loan from the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
In this letter Ripley & Waldo discuss, among other things, the different colors of fabric needed for the different roles of enslaved people on the plantation.
A cloth label that would have been affixed to the bolts of cotton fabric that came from the mills shows the source of the labor that produced the raw cotton - enslaved people on Southern plantations. It also portrays the final production of that cotton by white female laborers in Northern mills. The use of images of enslaved labor in advertising and publicity materials was not uncommon, well into the 20th century.
On loan from the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
