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Contraband on Cairo Levee

1963
Sophie Wessel
DuSable Museum of African American History

Tags: African Americans, camp life, Civil Rights Movement, commemorations, contrabands, emancipation, Emancipation and the Meaning of Freedom, escape, freedom, Illinois, paintings, post-war, slavery, soldiers, Union, women

What Do I Want, John Henry?

November 1862
Alexander Gardner
The Art Institute of Chicago

Tags: abolition, African Americans, camp life, contrabands, freedom, photographs, soldiers, The Military Experience, Union

The Songs of the War

1861
Winslow Homer
The Art Institute of Chicago

Tags: African Americans, camp life, children, Confederate, contrabands, generals, home, illustrations, newspapers and magazines, prints, soldiers, The Military Experience, Union

Contrabands Coming into Camp in Consequence of the Proclamation

January 31, 1863
Alfred R. Waud
The Newberry Library

Tags: abolition, children, contrabands, emancipation, escape, family, home, illustrations, newspapers and magazines, prints, slavery, The Military Experience

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The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago History Museum, Chicago Park District
Chicago Public Library, The DuSable Museum of African American History, The Newberry Library