| dc.date.accessioned |
2005-11-28T22:34:21Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2005-11-28T22:34:21Z |
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| dc.date.issued |
2005-11-28T22:34:21Z |
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| dc.identifier.other |
cwe image #341 |
en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/1961/1889 |
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| dc.description |
Freed male slave in a straw hat. The man is superimposed on a black triangle containing the abbreviations of the states of the Confederacy. The black triangle is itself superimposed on an upside-down trangle containing horizontal lines. The image is a reference to General Benjamin Butler's "contraband" policy, by which escaping slaves reaching Union lines would not be returned to slavery. Butler, a trained attorney, used Virginia's secession to argue that under international law that escaped slaves were "contraband of war" and he was not required to return them to their former owners. |
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| dc.format |
Patriotic envelopes |
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| dc.format.extent |
32373 bytes |
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| dc.format.mimetype |
image/jpeg |
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| dc.language.iso |
en_US |
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| dc.relation.ispartofseries |
Roosevelt Civil War Envelopes Collection ; page 102, image 3 |
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| dc.subject |
Freedmen |
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| dc.title |
I'se Contraband |
en_US |
