Contrabands as They Appear for Admission to Federal Lines

Contrabands as They Appear for Admission to Federal Lines

Contraband of war; Fugitive slaves – United States

recto, handwritten in ink: No. 10 / No. 10 / Contrabands as they appear / for admission to Federal Lines / Baton Rouge Louisiana 1863 / Contrabands-verso, handwritten in ink: Contrabands as / they appear for / admission to Federal / Lines / Baton Rouge La 1863. The carte de visite features a portrait image of two African-American males who are identified as contraband, a term used to describe fugitive slaves who crossed Union army lines. In the photograph, one man is seated in a chair while the second man stands with his proper right forearm draped over the former's proper left shoulder. Both wear tattered clothing.

William Andrew Bigalow

Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Mississippi State University Libraries

https://msstate.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16631coll18/id/2859/rec/28

unknown

1863

Mitchell Memorial Library, Mississippi State University

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English

albumen print on paper card

FVW_07137

1863, Confederate State of America