. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . - - - -- -;ggfe^ COPYRIGHT, 1911, PATRIOT PUB. CO. CONTRABAN NEGRO TEAMSTERS NEAR BUTLErs SIGNAL TOWER, BERMUDA HUNDRED, 1804 The history and nature of contraband of war, so expressively illustrated by this photograph, are thus ex-plained by George Haven Putnam: Early in the war, General Benjamin F. Butler invented the term con-traband, which came to be accepted as the most convenient classification for the colored refugee who hadmade his way within the Federal lines and who, while no longer a slave or a piece of property, was not
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . - - - -- -;ggfe^ COPYRIGHT, 1911, PATRIOT PUB. CO. CONTRABAN NEGRO TEAMSTERS NEAR BUTLErs SIGNAL TOWER, BERMUDA HUNDRED, 1804 The history and nature of contraband of war, so expressively illustrated by this photograph, are thus ex-plained by George Haven Putnam: Early in the war, General Benjamin F. Butler invented the term con-traband, which came to be accepted as the most convenient classification for the colored refugee who hadmade his way within the Federal lines and who, while no longer a slave or a piece of property, was not yetaccepted as a person. It was the legal theory of Butler that the property rights in the refugee who had beena slave had, under war conditions, been annulled. Throughout the war, the information of happeningswithin the enemys lines was frequently enough brought to our headquarters by the (more or less) intel-ligent contraband. As far as my experience goes, the colored reporter was always willing and eager tohelp. I know of no single instance on record in w
Size: 2217px × 1127px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthormillerfrancistrevelya, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910
