'Quarters Provided for Contrabands' illustration   Save
National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center
Description: Illustration depicting the living quarters of former slaves from "The Black Phalanx: A History of the Negro Soldiers of the United States in the Wars of 1775-1812, 1861-'65" by Joseph T. Wilson. Fugitive slaves who left the Confederacy to seek protection in the Union came to be considered prizes of war, or contrabands, during the Civil War. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: blackphalanx_22
Subjects: African American soldiers; Civil War 1861-1865; Fugitive slaves; Slavery
Places: National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center