Item #51-1923 Escaping Union Officer Succored by Slaves. Artist Harper's Weekly.

Escaping Union Officer Succored by Slaves.

New York: Harper's Weekly, 1864. Wood-engraving. 10 x 15 inches. Framed and matted.

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1864 March 12, p. 164.

Union soldiers escaped from Libey prison near Richmond, VA. Taking refuge in a slave cabin.
This [print is form from the March 12, 1864 Harper’s Weekly, which was a New York political magazine. The specific article of concern in this paper is entitled “Escaping Union Officers Succored By Slaves” and it discussed an episode where “negroes” helped and protected Union officers escape from a prison in Richmond, Virginia. The article went on to declare that the African American’s were helping the Union during the Civil War. Item #51-1923

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