Photographs of African Americans During the Civil War: A List of Images in the Civil War Photograph Collection
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 20540-4730
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For additional images relating to slavery
see the separate reference aid, "Images
of African-American Slavery and Freedom."
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""Slave Pen, Alexandria, Va." Shows
street with long fence in front;
two adjoined buildings. At right
is 3 story brick house marked "Price
Birch & Co., dealers in slaves." At
left is lower building with three
barred windows behind a tree. (Marked "4191" and "Neg.
by Wm. R. Pywell, Aug. 1862 [1863?]" on
front. Lengthy printed caption on
verso.)
References: Gardner's
Photographic Sketchbook, I, pl.
2.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-106924
(film copy negative)
Call number: LOT
4161-H |
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"Slave Pen, Alexandria, Va." Shows street
with long fence in front; two adjoined buildings.
At right is 3 story brick house marked "Price
Birch & Co., dealers in slaves." At left
is lower building with three barred windows
behind
a tree. [Similar to image with negative number
LC-USZ62-106942]
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-cwpbh-03340
(b&w copy scan of glass negative)
Call number: LC-BH84-2
(glass negative; cracked); LOT
4161-H
(photographic print) |
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"Slave pen, Alexandria, Va." Shows street
with long fence in front; two adjoined buildings.
At right is 3 story brick house marked "Price
Birch & Co., dealers in slaves." At left is
lower building with three barred windows behind
a tree. (Marked "1861" on verso.) [Similar
to images with negative numbers LC-USZ62-106942
and LC-BH84-2, but cropped differently on left
side of image]
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-cwpb-00662
(b&w copy scan of glass negative); LC-USZ62-53379
(film copy negative of photographic
print)
;
Call number: LC-B815-1174
(glass negative); LOT 4161-H (photographic
print) |
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"Slave Pen, Alexandria, Va." [1300 block
Duke Street]. Shows several soldiers (who
are NOT African American) standing at attention
near a wagon in front of the firm of Price,
Birch & Co. (Marked "2296.").
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-cwpb-01467
(b&w copy scan of glass negative)
Call number: LC-B811-2296
(glass negative); LOT
4161-H (2 photographic prints)
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"Slave pen, Alexandria, Va." Shows exterior
of slave dealers Price, Birch and Company, including
right wing of building, laundry hanging on line,
white soldiers among those standing in vicinity.
(Marked "B1110" and "3933" on verso.)
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-65306
(film copy negative)
Call number: LOT
4161-H |
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"Slave pen, Alexandria, Va." Shows doorway
with barred gate open to courtyard, pens are
visible to right. Two of the six pen doors are
open.
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-cwpb-01468
(b&w copy scan of
of left half of glass stereograph negative);
LC-DIG-cwpb-01469 (b&w
copy scan of right half of glass stereograph negative)
Call number: LC-B811-2297
(glass negative); LOT
4161-H (2 photographic prints) |
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"Slave pen, Alexandria, Va." Shows interior
with slave pens at left. Across an open courtyard
is a barred door with a barred door and soldier
standing at left. An officer stands behind
barred door. Wood debris in foreground. Five
slave pens at left.
Reproduction
number: LC-DIG-cwpb-01470
(b&w copy
scan of of left half of glass stereograph negative);
LC-DIG-cwpb-03581
(b&w copy
scan of right half of glass stereograph negative)
Call number: LC-B811-2298
(glass negative); LOT
4161-H (2 photographic prints) |
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"Slave pen,
Alexandria, Va."
Shows interior with
slave pens at
left. Soldier
stands to left
of barred door;
two men behind
barred door look
through and grip
bars. Of the
four slave pens
to the left,
two have doors
open.
Reproduction
number: LC-DIG-cwpb-01472
(b&w copy
scan of of left half of glass stereograph negative);
LC-DIG-cwpb-01471
(b&w copy
scan of right half of glass stereograph negative)
Call
number: LC-B811-2299
(glass negative);
LOT 4161-H
(2 photographic
prints) |
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"The Slave Market, Atlanta, Ga." [Also
known as "Auction & Negro Sales, Whitehall St."]
Shows a man whose race cannot be determined
sitting
against wall of a building with sign above,
"Auction& Negro Sales." 1864 stereograph.
George Barnard, photographer.
Reproduction
number: LC-DIG-cwpb-03351
(b&w
copy scan
of of left half of glass stereograph negative);
LC-DIG-cwpb-03350
(b&w
copy scan
of right half of glass stereograph negative)
Call
number: LC-B811-3608
(glass
negative);
LOT
4164-A
(Stereograph
File) |
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"Petersburg, Va. Field and Staff of 39th
U.S. Colored Infantry." Shows group of seven
white officers, standing and seated. (Similar
to image with negative number LC-B817- 7052,
which appears to include African Americans(?)
in the background - see section on African
Americans in Military Camps ...)
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-cwpb-04364
(b&w copy scan of
glass negative)
Call number: LC-B817-7051
(glass negative)
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