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![[African American refugees coming into the Union lines near Culpeper Court House, Virginia]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMzAvYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbi1yZWZ1Z2Vlcy1jb21pbmctaW50by10aGUtdW5pb24tbGluZXMtbmVhci1jdWxwZXBlci1jb3VydC1ob3VzZS03YWU4ZjMtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/235/jpg "[African American refugees coming into the Union lines near Culpeper Court House, Virginia]")
![[African American refugees coming into the Union lines near Culpeper Court House, Virginia]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMzAvYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbi1yZWZ1Z2Vlcy1jb21pbmctaW50by10aGUtdW5pb24tbGluZXMtbmVhci1jdWxwZXBlci1jb3VydC1ob3VzZS00NWZlNDMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/29/webp "[African American refugees coming into the Union lines near Culpeper Court House, Virginia]")
![The war in Virginia - contrabands coming in to the Union camp [Blacks in wagon and walking]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjQvMDEvMDEvdGhlLXdhci1pbi12aXJnaW5pYS1jb250cmFiYW5kcy1jb21pbmctaW4tdG8tdGhlLXVuaW9uLWNhbXAtYmxhY2tzLWluLXdhZ29uLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/28/webp "The war in Virginia - contrabands coming in to the Union camp [Blacks in wagon and walking]")
![[Rappahannock River, Virginia Fugitive African Americans fording the Rappahannock]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjIvMDEvMDEvcmFwcGFoYW5ub2NrLXJpdmVyLXZhLWZ1Z2l0aXZlLWFmcmljYW4tYW1lcmljYW5zLWZvcmRpbmctdGhlLXJhcHBhaGFubm9jay0xLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/34/webp "[Rappahannock River, Virginia Fugitive African Americans fording the Rappahannock]")
![[African Americans posed in front of house]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMDMvYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbnMtcG9zZWQtaW4tZnJvbnQtb2YtaG91c2UtYjg5ODA5LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/34/webp "[African Americans posed in front of house]")
![[Elderly African American couple posed outside of building, near Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTQvZWxkZXJseS1hZnJpY2FuLWFtZXJpY2FuLWNvdXBsZS1wb3NlZC1vdXRzaWRlLW9mLWJ1aWxkaW5nLW5lYXItaGFtcHRvbi1pbnN0aXR1dGUtYmU3NTIzLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/50/webp "[Elderly African American couple posed outside of building, near Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia]")
![[Military railroad operations in northern Virginia: African American laborers twisting rail]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDMvbWlsaXRhcnktcmFpbHJvYWQtb3BlcmF0aW9ucy1pbi1ub3J0aGVybi12aXJnaW5pYS1hZnJpY2FuLWFtZXJpY2FuLWxhYm9yZXJzLTBhMmYwZS02NDAuanBn/40/30/webp "[Military railroad operations in northern Virginia: African American laborers twisting rail]")
