2nd South Carolina Infantry Regiment raid on rice plantation, Combahee, South Carolina, and escaped slave named Gordon

Subject (Topic)
United States--Army--South Carolina Volunteers, 2nd (1863-1864)--Campaigns and battles--Union--South Carolina--Combahee River
African Americans--Military service--1860-1870
African Americans--Punishment and torture--1860-1870
Fugitive slaves--Louisiana--Baton Rouge--1860-1870

Top illustration shows slaves escaping to a Union ship as buildings burn in the distance. Three bottom illustrations show an escaped slave in tattered clothing upon his crossing of Union lines, welts from being whipped upon his back, and in uniform after he had joined the Union Army. Text describes his escape as well as forms of brutal punishment suffered by slaves.

Attributed to McPherson & Oliver

Library of Congress

New York: Harper's Weekly

July 4, 1863

Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC 20540, United States

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LCCN Permalink: https://lccn.loc.gov/2014645368

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Mcpherson & Oliver, photographer. 2nd South Carolina Infantry Regiment raid on rice plantation, Combahee, South Carolina, and escaped slave named Gordon. Baton Rouge, Louisiana: 1863;Harper's Weekly, July 4, 1863. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2014645368/.

Renée Ater

Wood engraving

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