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Coming into the Lines

Coming into the Lines

Accession number: 1994.83

Slaves often took advantage of the presence of Union troops nearby to escape bondage. In "Coming into the Lines," Edwin Forbes (1839–1895), special artist for Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, showed a family of Virginia slaves crossing into Union lines and freedom.


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