Suydam Collection - Female seminary

Female seminary


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Full Size Viewing Image #1394009 (recto) Full Size Viewing Image #1394009 (verso) Suydam Collection MSS 1394009       Image Date: Circa 1863
Caption:      Contraband Camp, formerly used as a Female Seminary.
Notes:          The former slaves were housed and fed in the camps, and frequently given schooling in 1863. [East, "Civil War Album," text, p. 66; image, p. 67.]
Photographer:      Ascribed to McPherson & Oliver, Baton Rouge
Image Format:     Carte de visite - 4in. x 2.5in

 

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