Negroes Driven South by the Rebel Officers

This scene depicts the common practice of moving slaves farther South to avoid adhering to the Emancipation Proclamation. These slaves lived in Leesburg, Virginia, and were driven by Confederate soldiers. To minimize the loss of profit, masters chained their slaves together during the long journey. Harper's Weekly: A Journal of Civilization was an American political magazine based in New York City and published by Harper & Brothers from 1857 until 1916. It featured foreign and domestic news, fiction, essays on many subjects and humor, alongside illustrations. It covered the American Civil War extensively, including many illustrations of events from the war.

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Negroes Driven South by the Rebel Officers

RegID

SI-OB-728

Date

1862

Title

Negroes Driven South by the Rebel Officers

Source

Harper's Weekly (November 8, 1862), p.713.

Language

English

Item sets

Slave Sales & Auctions: African Coast & the Americas

Spatial Coverage

North America--Virginia

Reproduced In

Harper's Weekly (November 8, 1862), p.713.

Researchers

Jerome Handler; Michael Tuite; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May

Last Updated

10-Feb-17

Identifier

HW0015

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