Slave deportation map and figures, 15th-16th centuries Slave deportation map and figures, 17th century Slave deportation map and figures, 18th century Slave deportation map and figures, 19th century Slave ship packing plan, 18th century Slave market ad, Charleston SC, 1769 Slave market ad, Lexington KY, 1853
Senegalese griot with banjo-like instrument West African “banjos” (1) West African “banjos” (2) Plantation dance c. 1840 Banjo and guitar, Nashville, c. 1950
Dan Emmett & Billy Whitlock c. 1840 Medicine show, early C20 Stephen Foster statue Fiske Jubilee Singers c. 1900 String Band (Atlanta?) c. 1900 String Band, Alabama, 1950s
Share Cropper family, c. 1920 Cotton picking c. 1950 Cotton merchant “The Man”, c. 1930 Track lining, c. 1930 Parchman (MI) station, c. 1950 Ellis Penitentiary hall, 1966 Jailhouse blues ad c.1940 Guard overseeing cotton pickers, 1966 Flatweeding, 1965 Benny Richardson with axe, 1965 Cross-cutting, Ellis, 1966 Waterboy with loggers, 1965 Logloading, 1966
Mississippi delta aerial view Clarksdale (MI) c. 1950 Dockery's estate, c. 1950 Moore's juke joint, c. 1950 “Coloured Café” - black juke joint, c. 1950 Juke joint dancing, c. 1950 Boycott black c. 1950 Home interior 1 (mother and children), c. 1970 Home interior 2 (man by stove), c. 1970 Home interior 3 (old woman), c. 1970 Charlie Patton, c. 1940
Bottleneck
Handy Park, Memphis Ma Rainey, 1920s Charlie Span
