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Plantation Spirits Poster
by William Rockwell
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Plantation Spirits poster by William Rockwell. Our posters are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All posters include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
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Photographing in and around an old southern plantation brings images of spirits and the souls that worked their lives away in the Plantation System.... more
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Photographing in and around an old southern plantation brings images of spirits and the souls that worked their lives away in the Plantation System. This simple pond reflection brings stories of past lives that will not remain silent. Someday the colors will bleeding into one.
Not all plantations were alike. In the eighteenth century, two very different systems of plantation agriculture developed in the southern colonies. In Virginia and Maryland, in the region bordering on Chesapeake Bay, and therefore known as "the Chesapeake," tobacco plantations flourished with slaves organized into gangs. In the lowcountry district of South Carolina and Georgia, slaves on rice plantations were put to work under a "task" system. The different crops and their distinctive patterns of labor organization gave rise to several other important distinctions as well.
Tobacco was the first plantation crop in North America. English settlers in the Chesapeake region recognized tobacco's profitable...
About William Rockwell
About Photographer Bill Rockwell... Photographer Bill Rockwell, a life long resident of Southwestern Pennsylvania, has traveled extensively throughout the United States, Canada , the Caribbean, and Mexico, capturing his unique vision of life and the world through the art of photography.He's had many of his photos published in newspapers in the United States. Recently, he set out to capture the beauty and historical treasures of Southwestern Pennsylvania in his work.He promotes ,Visit Pittsburgh,whenever possilbe.Horticulturist. and Historian My thoughts on travel and photograhy: Photography is all about finding the right subject in the right light and composing it in innovative ways.The hard part is innovative ways;how do you...
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