{"id":2310,"date":"2020-07-02T02:17:42","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T02:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/stampedes\/?p=2310"},"modified":"2022-01-16T14:13:59","modified_gmt":"2022-01-16T14:13:59","slug":"illustrations-of-group-escapes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/stampedes\/illustrations-of-group-escapes\/","title":{"rendered":"Illustrations of Group Escapes"},"content":{"rendered":"

1836 ||\u00a0 \u00a0Family Attempts to Escape by Boat (1836)<\/em><\/h2>\n
\"boat<\/a>

A family of freedom seekers attempts to escape via boat \/\/ Schomburg Center, New York Public Library<\/p><\/div>\n

1853 ||\u00a0 \u00a0Freedom Seekers Set Out for Canada (1853)<\/em><\/h2>\n
\"flight<\/a>

A group of freedom seekers follow the North Star towards Canada, as depicted in the Uncle Tom’s Almanac published in 1853 \/\/ Schomburg Center, New York Public Library<\/p><\/div>\n

1856 ||\u00a0 \u00a0Six Freedom Seekers Escape on Two Horses (1872)<\/em><\/h2>\n
\"six<\/a>

The escape of six freedom seekers from Maryland in 1856, depicted in William Still\u2019s The Underground Railroad (1872); illustration by John Osler \/\/ Schomburg Center, New York Public Library<\/p><\/div>\n

1857 ||\u00a0 \u00a0Cambridge Stampede Liberates 28 African Americans (1872)<\/em><\/h2>\n
\"\"<\/a>

A group of an enslaved families escape from Cambridge, MD following advice from Harriet Tubman; depicted in William Still\u2019s The Underground Railroad (1872); illustration by John Osler \/\/\u00a0 House Divided)<\/p><\/div>\n

c. 1858 || Jacob Lawrence Depicts Harriet Tubman <\/strong>(1967)<\/em><\/h2>\n
\"\"<\/a>

“Forward” by African American artist Jacob Lawrence depicts Harriet Tubman carrying a revolver while leading a\u00a0 group of runaways to freedom\u00a0 \/\/ North Carolina Museum of Art<\/p><\/div>\n

1861 || Frank Leslie’s Depicts Contrabands at Fort Monroe (1861)<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>

“Stampede Among the Negroes in Virginia,”\u00a0 Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, June 8, 1861 \/\/ Library of Congress<\/p><\/div>\n

1861\u00a0 || Harpers Depicts Contrabands Fleeing to Fort Monroe <\/strong>(1861)<\/em><\/h2>\n
\"\"<\/a>

“Stampede of Slaves from Hampton to Fortress Monroe,” Harper’s Weekly, August 17, 1861\u00a0 \/\/ Library of Congress<\/p><\/div>\n

1862 ||\u00a0 Eastman Johnson Depicts Virginia Contrabands (1862)<\/em><\/h2>\n
\"Johnson<\/a>

“A Ride for Liberty” by Eastman Johnson, 1862 \/\/ Brooklyn Museum of Art<\/p><\/div>\n

c. 1862 ||\u00a0 “On To Liberty” by Theodor Kaufmann (1867)<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n
\"\"<\/a>

“On To Liberty” by Theodor Kaufmann depicts a group of wartime runaways or contrabands \/\/ The Metropolitan Museum of Art<\/p><\/div>\n

1863 || Contrabands Coming Into Camp (1863)<\/em><\/h2>\n
\"Harpers

Sketch by Alfred Waud, Harpers Weekly, January 31, 1863<\/p><\/div>\n

1863 || Enslaved from Davis Plantation in Mississippi (<\/strong>1863)<\/em><\/h2>\n
\"\"<\/a>

Freed slaves from the Jefferson Davis plantation arrive behind Union lines at Chickasaw Bayou in 1863. By Fred B. Schell \/\/ House Divided Project<\/p><\/div>\n

1864 ||\u00a0 Sailing to Safety\u00a0(1864)<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n
\"escape<\/a>

Enslaved people escape aboard a flatboat, from Harper’s Weekly in 1864 \/\/ House Divided Project<\/p><\/div>\n

1864 ||\u00a0 Fleeing to Freedom\u00a0(1864)<\/em><\/h2>\n
\"\"<\/a>

Contrabands escaping to Union lines by Aflred R. Waud. Harper’s Weekly 1864\u00a0 \/\/ House Divided Project<\/p><\/div>\n

1864 || Contrabands Entering Union Lines\u00a0(1864)<\/em><\/h2>\n
\"Leslies

“The War in Virginia – Contrabands coming to the Union camp,” Sketch by Edwin Forbes, Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, August 20, 1864<\/p><\/div>\n

1865 ||\u00a0 Escaping to Freedom in North Carolina (1865)<\/em><\/h2>\n
\"\"<\/a>

Escaping by boat to Union lines in Wilmington, North Carolina, By Joseph Becker, from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper in 1865. (House Divided Project)<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1836 ||\u00a0 \u00a0Family Attempts to Escape by Boat (1836) 1853 ||\u00a0 \u00a0Freedom Seekers Set Out for Canada (1853) 1856 ||\u00a0 \u00a0Six Freedom Seekers Escape on Two Horses (1872) 1857 ||\u00a0 \u00a0Cambridge Stampede Liberates 28 African Americans (1872) c. 1858 || Jacob Lawrence Depicts Harriet Tubman (1967) 1861 || Frank Leslie’s Depicts Contrabands at Fort Monroe […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":113,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20770],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-images-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/stampedes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/stampedes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/stampedes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/stampedes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/113"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/stampedes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2310"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/stampedes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3268,"href":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/stampedes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2310\/revisions\/3268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/stampedes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/stampedes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/stampedes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}