A stereo image of African American enslaved people picking cotton in a field with two overseers on horseback. "Copyright 1892, by B. W. Kilburn" printed on the side of the image.
Diary of Magdalen Elizabeth Wilkinson Keith for the years 1862-1865. Includes mostly day to day affairs and gossip, with occassional references to the War - particularly in early 1865.
Willis writes from the Confederate Army of the Potomac, two miles from the Chickahominy River, on the privations of camp [though he is accompanied by a slave, Paris], and the expectation of a large scale engagement. He is spiritied by news of Stonewall Jackson's successes.
Pewter slave badge produced for a servant in Charleston, S.C. It was common to counterfeit badges to avoid paying taxes, and this particular one was not issued by the city, but created in the stamped year. The face is stamped "Charleston 1862 Servant #4." Back side contains no markings.
![053. Willis Keith to Anna Bella Keith -- [Sept?] 22, 1862.](https://iiif.library.cofc.edu/iiif/2/24936/full/200,/0/default.jpg)
