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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection

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Wallach Division Picture Collection

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African-American History -- 1860s

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Negroes leaving their home
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Wallach Division Picture Collection

African-American History -- 1860s

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1864-04-09
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC AFRA-H-186
Topics
African Americans -- History -- 1860-1869
Arrivals & departures -- 1860-1869
Children and adults -- 1860-1869
Night -- 1860-1869
Rowboats -- 1860-1869
Log cabins
Fugitive slaves
Slave quarters
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Genres
Prints
Notes
Content: "The view on page 237 illustrates a phase of the war which the rebels have found it difficult to contemplate with any complacency. The exodus of the slaves from the bondage which has so long oppressed them has been steady and continuous from the moment the first blow was struck against the national honor, and it still goes on, hundreds and thousands of the poor, outraged creatures coming weekly into the Union lines at all points in the field. Our sketch gives an admirable view of the desolation which surrounds the homes of the negroes, and the heartiness and energy with which they make their way to freedom upon the slightest opportunity. The Federal gun-boat, it will be seen, lies far-out at sea, but the sharp eyes of the waiting, watching bondmen have caught sight of the flag she carries; they know there is shelter under it for them, and launching their little boat, they carefully put the aged and infirm, with their few more valuable effects, aboard, and, with a pang, it may be, at leaving their rude home, but with hope and joy in their hearts at the prospect of deliverance, pull away from the shore, which henceforth is to be to them only a dark, dreary line marking a yet darker past. There is pathos as well as history in the picture."--from source text.
Source note: Harper's weekly : a journal of civilization. (New York : Harper' s Weekly Co., 1857-1916).
Physical Description
Wood engravings
Extent: 25 x 36 cm. (9 1/2 x 14 1/4 in.)
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17149519
Barcode: 33333159331145
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): cc9e5bf0-c52e-012f-84c8-58d385a7bc34
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Item timeline of events

  • 1864: Issued
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Negroes leaving their home" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1864-04-09. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-3fd4-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Negroes leaving their home" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-3fd4-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1864-04-09). Negroes leaving their home Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-3fd4-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Negroes leaving their home