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[Contraband, Fortress Monroe]
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
|---|---|
| Spatial Coverage | United States Virginia--Fort Monroe |
| Description | Print shows a slave at the Union fort taunting his plantation master. The planter (left) waves his whip and cries, "Come back you black rascal." The slave replies, "Can't come back nohow massa Dis chile's contraban." Other slaves are seen leaving the fields and heading toward the fort. On May 27, 1861, Benjamin Butler, commander of the Union army in Virginia and North Carolina, decreed that slaves who fled to Union lines were legitimate "contraband of war," and were not subject to return to their Confederate owners. The declaration precipitated scores of escapes to Union lines around Fortress Monroe, Butler's headquarters in Virginia. |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | Civil War Gladstone Collection of African American Photographs |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Fort Monroe (Va.)--1860-1870. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Butler, Benjamin F.--(Benjamin Franklin),--1818-1893. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | African Americans--Civil rights--1860-1870. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--African Americans. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Slavery--1860-1870. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
