Historical Photograph: Contrabands at Headquarters of General Lafayette
Subject
Contrabands
Title
Historical Photograph: Contrabands at Headquarters of General Lafayette
Date
05/1862
Type
Historical Photograph
Description
The Library of Congress presents an 1862 photo, by photographer James Gibson, of a group of adult contrabands - formerly enslaved people who escaped to Union lines - with Union soldiers in Yorktown, Virginia during the Civil War.
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Publisher
Library of Congress
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Citation
“Historical Photograph: Contrabands at Headquarters of General Lafayette,” Project Reconstruction, accessed May 5, 2024, https://projectreconstructionus.com/items/show/921.