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Southern Discomfort

From the unpublished diaries of LeRoy Wiley Gresham (1847–65), son of John J. Gresham, twice mayor of Macon, Georgia. LeRoy, a longtime invalid confined to his bed or to a…

Occupation of Alexandria

Art by Kara Elizabeth Walker,

Cotton hoards in southern swamp

Art by Kara Elizabeth Walker,

Exodus of Confederates from Atlanta

Art by Kara Elizabeth Walker,

Wraparound

by Harper’s Staff,

A bad job

by Harper’s Staff,

Emancipated

by Harper’s Staff,

The slave-trade of to-day. Conclusion.–The islands of doom

by Henry Woodd Nevinson,

They stand in the Gulf of Guinea–those two islands of San Thomé and Principe where the slaves die–about 150 miles from the nearest coast at the Gaboon River in French…

The point of view

by Harper’s Staff,

White man’s Africa. Part VIII.–The Dutch feeling towards England

by Poultney Bigelow,

He knew his own value

by John W. Gebhart,

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Southern Discomfort

Occupation of Alexandria

Cotton hoards in southern swamp

Exodus of Confederates from Atlanta

Wraparound

A bad job

Emancipated

The slave-trade of to-day. Conclusion.–The islands of doom

The point of view

White man’s Africa. Part VIII.–The Dutch feeling towards England

He knew his own value

May 1897

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