Title: Former slaves, accompanied by Union troops Description: Former slaves, accompanied by Union troops, leave their former masters' plantations in North Carolina, following the Emancipation Proclamation issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863; though many slaves remained loyal to their owners, tens of thousands of slaves like these flooded into Union camps and strongholds, or escaped into Northern states (where they were generally unwanted and unwelcomed by white working class people, who felt that the black tide of available manpower jeopardized their jobs); carts; contraband; former slaves; freedmen; Keywords: oxen, slaves, Slavery, Union troops Orientation: Landscape Dimensions: 2325 x 1280 (2.98 MPixels) (1.82) Print Size: 19.7 x 10.8 cm; 7.8 x 4.3 inches File Size: 8.52 MB (8,938,466 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000095598 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection
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