Freedom to Slaves!

06_1442_03 Freedom_.JPG

Dublin Core

Title

Freedom to Slaves!

Subject

African Americans, slavery, emancipation

Description

Brigadier General Robert Huston Milroy (1816–1890), commanding the United States Army units then posted in Winchester, pronounced the Emancipation Proclamation in effect, thereby freeing all enslaved Virginians in Winchester and Frederick County.

Creator

Robert Huston Milroy

Source

Library of Virginia, Prints and Photographs

Date

January 5, 1863

Contributor

Library of Virginia

Rights

CC BY-SA

Format

JPG

Type

Broadside

Identifier

06_1442_03 Freedom

Coverage

Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia