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Engraving of auction

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Engraving of African American barber

Household Words 1857 Feb 14.pdf
Article describing auction

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LC 20701v_Contrabands Escaping.jpg
Throughout the Civil War thousands of enslaved men, women, and children attained their freedom by seeking refuge with United States troops as they moved across Virginia. They were declared "contraband of war" in May 1861.

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LC 00387a_Slabtown Hampton_.JPG
Throughout the Civil War thousands of enslaved men, women, and children attained their freedom by seeking refuge with United States troops as they moved across Virginia. They were declared "contraband of war" in May 1861 and Freedmen's Villages grew…

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