Stampede of slaves from Hampton to Fortress Monroe – Antique Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Stampede of slaves from Hampton to Fortress Monroe, an antique engraving rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Stampede of slaves from Hampton to Fortress Monroe
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Few places in the early war were as closely tied to the question of freedom as Hampton, Virginia, the town beside Fortress Monroe, which this wood engraving depicts as a stampede of people fleeing slavery toward Union lines. In May 1861, Union general Benjamin F. Butler refused to return men who had reached the fort, calling them contraband of war, and word of that decision drew refugees from the surrounding plantations. *Harper's Weekly* printed the scene in its August 17, 1861, issue, one of the earliest pictorial records of the flight that the Union army would soon have to confront on a much larger scale.
| Created / published | 1861 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Genre | Periodical illustrations 1860-1870.Wood engravings 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1861 Aug. 17, p. 524. |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--African-Americans. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Refugees. Slavery--Virginia--Hampton--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,275 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-182282 |
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