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[Civil War]. Carte de Visite of an African-American Family in New Bern, North Carolina. ...
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[Civil War]. Carte de Visite of an African-American Family in New Bern, North Carolina. 3.75" x 2.5". Albumen CDV of an extended African-American family posed in front of a home. To the left is a smartly-dressed white man, presumably Doctor J. W. Page, holding a horse's bridle. According to a contemporary ink inscription on the verso, the image was taken in New Bern, North Carolina in March 1864 and names Doctor J. W. Page, a Union surgeon who served as the U. S. Sanitary Commission's agent in North Carolina from 1862 to 1865. He was in charge of the Union hospitals surrounding the area, including the one at New Bern. As the town was heavily occupied throughout the Civil War, it became a place of refuge for African-American families seeking to escape Southern bondage. In early 1864, it was experiencing an especially heavy influx of refugees after the evacuation of Washington and the Battle of Plymouth. The Civil War had displaced such a significant number of the population that it led to the creation of the Freedmen's Bureau in 1865. The New York Public Library holds Dr. Page's papers.Condition: Thumbsoiling with tiny abrasion at lower right corner of image. Contemporary ink inscription to verso. Pencil notation to verso. Top edges decoratively trimmed.
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2022 October 19 Historic African Americana Signature® Auction #6248 (go to Auction Home page)
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