Stephen  Marc

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#01 - Untitled / Mississippi - riverboats on the Mississippi River at Natchez - reward notices from an 1844 National Intelligencer newspaper - illustrations from obsolete bank notes

#02 - Untitled / Mississippi - double-tap Phi Beta Sigma brand - cotton field and plow - wrought iron fence and shotgun houses from Vicksburg

#03 - Untitled / Iowa - text from an 1836 letter from Mississippi near Pickneyville written by a slaveowner ordering shoes for his slaves - Nishnabotna Ferry House in southwestern Iowa

#04 - Untitled / Mississippi - Confederate flag (stars and bars) - abandoned share croppers' shacks from the Mississippi Delta region - a Mississippi $100 dollar bill - bale-hooks - First Presbyterian Church of Starkville

#05 - Untitled / Mississippi - downtown Canton, MS including a view of the courthouse - tintype of my grandmother and great-great grandmother who at one time lived in Canton - my grandmother's 1948 obituary clipping - wooden hair picks

#06 - Untitled / Mississippi - Ser Boxley conducting a libation ceremony at the Mount Locus Slave Cemetery along the Natchez Trace

#07 - Untitled / Tennessee - mare houses lining the golf course at Fairvue Plantation (reportedly slaves were housed on the second floor)

#08 - Untitled / Virginia - Fort Monroe near Hampton - a major destination for escaping slaves (designated contrabands of war) seeking Union protection during the Civil War - illustrations depicting events at the fort

#09 - Untitled / Virginia - Blackhead Signpost - one of the sites identified with the 1831 Nat Turner rebellion, located a few miles southwest of Jerusalem (now Courtland)

#10 - Untitled / Mississippi - tree stump torso on the courthouse grounds of downtown Canton - superimposed on the torso is an 1846 merchant token for a Charleston auction house that sold slaves - sections from two 1865 newspapers

Stephen  Marc

Artists Statement: As a photographer and digital montage artist, my work visually interprets American history focused on the black experience. While investigating the Underground Railroad, I became committed to learning about southern culture and heritage, from slavery through the civil rights struggle. My family conn

Main Artist Category: Photography

Qualifying State: Mississippi

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