This guide is designed to help history students and scholars interested in researching antebellum history in the United States. It includes suggestions to help researchers find and use primary and secondary sources and organize their work. Need help? Ask Us!
"Natural Dam in Lee's Creek in Crawford County Formed by Barrier of Sandstone Dipping NNEA Upstream." Drawn by David Dale Owen and published with his book, First Report of a Geological Reconnoissance of the Northern Counties of Arkansas, made During the Years 1857 and 1858 (Little Rock: Johnson and Yerkes, State Printers), 1858.
The engraving above is one of the earliest published depictions of the daily lives of enslaved people in Arkansas.
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