"Contrabands"

During the Civil War, many slaves like these men drifted into the Union lines. Benjamin Butler termed fugitive slaves who had escaped behind Union lines "contrabands of war."

Date:
1864 circa 5 years
Original Format:
Albumen Print
Item#:
MES13975
Height:
1011px
Width:
972px
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