1864 FREED SLAVE. Young Slave Freed by Emancipation Proclamation Photographed as a White Child. Miracles

1864 FREED SLAVE. Young Slave Freed by Emancipation Proclamation Photographed as a White Child. MiraclesA very desirable carte de visite photograph issued in the aftermath of the Emancipation Proclamation in New Orleans. The city had been captured during 1863, and with the Proclamation, northern missionaries and educators descended on the city to immediately begin schools for the young "contraband." Photographs of the children were sold and distributed to raise funds for the schools. The young former slaves were often intentionally photographed and

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Justification by Faith by Archibald Alexander

and regularly and faithfully perform the duties of their various states

the author speculates that future generations will likely view the late revolution in North America as the "most singular phenomenon that ever appeared in the political hemisphere of any nation

Some rubbing and bumping

vilification rained from the pulpit

believed that god was rationally defensible

there are a few variations in the painting from the photographic carte de visite

Wynant Van Zandt

Very fine condition

Jacob Behmen [b

especially his work Christus Consolator