African-American fugitives from slavery entering Union lines, July 1864, artist's impression, zoomable image, detail

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African-American fugitives from slavery entering Union lines, July 1864, artist's impression, zoomable image, detail
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Joseph Williams, Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College
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Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, September 2, 2014.
Image type
engraving
Original caption
The War in Virginia - Contrabands coming to the Union camp- From a sketch by our Special Artist, Edwin Forbes.
Source citation
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, August 20, 1864, 340.
Source note
Cropped from the larger version of this image, also available here.
Note: Compare this 1864 version with the artist's privately published 1876 copper-plate etching, "Coming into the Lines," also available here.  
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