Freed Slaves Image Center
Directions
Researchers often study images as a way to better understand a place or time in history.
1. Look at each image in depth.
2. Briefly describe what these images show.
3. Based on what you observe, list two things you might infer or conclude from these images. Explain.
1. Look at each image in depth.
2. Briefly describe what these images show.
3. Based on what you observe, list two things you might infer or conclude from these images. Explain.
The image below shows a group of “contrabands”—escaped slaves who agreed to fight for the Union Army because the army promised not to return them to their Southern slaveholders after the war.
Glimpses at the Freedmen's Bureau. Issuing rations to the old and sick.
After the Civil War, slaves who had been set free searched throughout the South, trying to reunite with their own family members. In many cases, they had been separated from each other for most of their lives.
Freedmen's School, Edisto Island, SC
After the Civil War, slaves who had been set free searched throughout the South, trying to reunite with their own family members. In many cases, they had been separated from each other for most of their lives.