Historical Illustration: The "Reliable Contraband"
Subject
Contrabands
Title
Historical Illustration: The "Reliable Contraband"
Date
c. 1876
Type
Historical Illustration
Description
The Library of Congress features an 1876 illustration, by Edwin Forbes, depicting a Black man with a horse and other belongings, talking to White men dressed in army uniforms in front of a dwelling. Horses and a man appear in the background.
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Publisher
Library of Congress
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“Historical Illustration: The "Reliable Contraband",” Project Reconstruction, accessed May 5, 2024, https://projectreconstructionus.com/items/show/925.