"Contraband" (1 Viewer)

[PolarBear]

During the American Civil War, Confederate-owned slaves who sought refuge in Union military camps or who lived in territories that fell under Union control were declared "contraband of war." This policy was first articulated by General Benjamin Butler in 1861 in what came to be known as the "Fort Monroe Doctrine."

Figures from Hocker sets 325 and 378

 

[PolarBear]

Winslow Homer Contraband (1874)
(Petersburg, Virginia during Reconstruction)

 

[mikemiller1955]

I did not know that Randy...kind of a derogatory title...I hope they were introduced to a better life in the hands of the Union...

contraband...to me...means something similar to siezed illegal property...

 

[thebritfarmer]

Very nice Randy, I was browsing the Hocker site just the other day. They really are tempting!!!