Civil War Contrabands

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Fugitive slaves crossing the Rappahannock River, 1862.	Contraband camp cooks in Culpeper, Va.

Va. contrabands employed by the 13th Mass. Infantry, 1862	Escaped slaves, Cumberland Landing, Va., May 1862.

Harper's Weekly, Feb. 21, 1863	Harper's Weekly, May 9, 1863

Contrabands prepare a cockfight while Union soldiers watch.	Fish Hall plantation, Hilton Head, S.C. of Thomas Drayton