“Low Water in the Mississippi” is an 1868 Currier & Ives color lithograph that shows an idealized version of the South, with enslaved people dancing at a riverside plantation. (Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images/Getty Images)
“Low Water in the Mississippi” is an 1868 Currier & Ives color lithograph that shows an idealized version of the South, with enslaved people dancing at a riverside plantation. (Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images/Getty Images)