Section 4A: Primary Source Set
Photographs of Slaves and Slave Life (1862- ca. 1907)

This page contains several photographs of slaves and slave life. To look closely at each photograph, click on the photograph and a larger image will appear. When you have finished looking at the larger image, click on the Back button of your browser to return to this page.

What specific information about slaves and slavery can you see in (or infer from) these photographs?

Cumberland Landing, Virginia, Group of "contrabands" at Foller's house, May 14, 1862			Auction and Negro Sales, Whitehall Street, Atlanta, Georgia (1864)

To search for additional photographs, see the Search Page of Selected Civil War Photographs from the Library of Congress, 1861-1865.

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The Whole black family at the Hermitage, Savannah, Ga. [1907?]

The Hermitage, slave quarters, Savannah, Ga. [1907?]

To search for additional photographs, see the Search Page of Touring Turn-of-the-Century America: Photographs from the Detroit Publishing Company, 1880-1920.

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