Historical Photograph: Cumberland Landing, Va. Group of "contrabands" at Foller's house

Contrabands

Historical Photograph: Cumberland Landing, Va. Group of "contrabands" at Foller's house

05/14/1862

Historical Photograph

The Library of Congress presents a 1862 photo, by James Gibson, of a group of contrabands - formerly enslaved people who escaped to Union lines - sitting and standing in front of a building in Cumberland Landing, Virginia during the Civil War. The photo shows men, women and children.

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