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(SLAVE CHILDREN CDV)

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(SLAVE CHILDREN CDV)
"A great CDV showing three emancipated slaves from New Orleans ""Rebecca"", ""Augusta"", and ""Rosa"". Rebecca was a racially-mixed slave owned by the Huger family of New Orleans and while attending a school for former slaves she was chosen for a tour of the North. Published by Kimball, New York in 1863, the card reads on verso: ""The net proceeds from the sale of these photographs will be devoted exclusively to the education of colored people in the Department of the Gulf, now under the command of Maj. Gen. Banks."" Minor soiling and toning, else very good." 2474 A great CDV showing three emancipated slaves from New Orleans ""Rebecca"", ""Augusta"", and ""Rosa"". Rebecca was a racially-mixed slave owned by the Huger family of New Orleans and while attending a school for former slaves she was chosen for a tour of the North. Published by Kimball, New York in 1863, the card reads on verso: ""The net proceeds from the sale of these photographs will be devoted exclusively to the education of colored people in the Department of the Gulf, now under the command of Maj. Gen. Banks."" Minor soiling and toning, else very good.