The Old Print Shop

Contrabands Coming into Our Lines Under the Proclamation.

  • ARTIST: Thomas Nast

  • PUBLISHER: Published in Harper's Weekly, New York.

  • MEDIUM: Wood engraving,

    DATE: May 9, 1863.

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 9 1/4 x 13 3/4" (235 x 353 mm).

  • DESCRIPTION: This image shows African Americans escaping the Confederate south to the north after Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Good condition.

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