Slaves concealing their master from a search party.
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- Title
- Slaves concealing their master from a search party.
- Alternate Title
- Series title: Confederate war etchings
- Date
- ca. 1882?]
- Notes
- An enslaved woman, barefoot and wearing a kerchief on her head, misdirects mounted Federal soldiers as her master, with gun in hand, hides inside the slave cabin.
- Reprinted in the 1880s from original plates created by Volck in the 1860s. Set titled Confederate War Etchings and published by Porter & Coates. This is plate 12.
- Adalbert Johann Volck originally published this print under the pseudonym V. Blada.
- Names and Subjects
- African Americans--1860-1870.
- Women--1860-1870.
- Slaves--1860-1870.
- Slavery--1860-1870.
- Hiding--1860-1870.
- Searching--1860-1870.
- Race relations--1860-1870.
- Caricatures and cartoons--United States.
- Prints shelf.
- James S. Schoff Civil War Collection.
- Confederate States of America.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
- Porter & Coates,--publisher.
- United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Collection Title
- James S. Schoff Civil War Collection
- ID
- 357
- Barcode
- B6325532
- Physical Description
- 1 print : etching ; 16.9 x 24.3 cm, on sheet 29.3 x 37.9 cm.
- Repository
- William L. Clements Library
- Date Added/Updated
- 2016-02-20 00:16:48
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- Collection
- William L. Clements Library Image Bank
- Image Size
- 4695 x 3645
- File Size
- 567 KB
- Record
- 357
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/w/wcl1ic/x-357/wcl000429
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"Slaves concealing their master from a search party.". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/w/wcl1ic/x-357/wcl000429. In the digital collection William L. Clements Library Image Bank. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. June 15, 2024.