Trent River Settlement by HARPER'S WEEKLY - 1866

New York: Harper's Weekly, 1866. unbound. Theodore R. Davis. Woodcut engraving. Sheet measures 15.75 x 10.5"<br/> <br/> This woodcut engraving from Harper's Weekly depicts several views of Trent River Settlement, a freedmen's village outside New Bern, North Carolina. The four illustrations include a view of the settlement, the school house and chapel, "negro huts", and "Generals Steedman and Fullerton conferring with the freedmen in their church". <br> <br> The print is in good condition with some chips, tears, and minor toning to margins - not affecting the image. Issued in the June 9, 1866 edition of Harper's Weekly.<br> <br> Harper's Weekly was a New York-based illustrated political magazine published from 1857 until 1916. The magazine featured foreign and domestic news, fiction, essays on many subjects, and humor. Its most well-known contributor was Thomas Nast, who made his career doing political cartoons for the publication.<br/> <br/>