Osborn Perry Anderson, who escaped to write "A Voice from Harper's Ferry" and fight in the Civil War
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Title
Osborn Perry Anderson, who escaped to write "A Voice from Harper's Ferry" and fight in the Civil War
Collection
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1857 - 1997 (Approximate)
Library Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Slavery
Subjects
Slavery -- United States
Enslaved persons -- Social conditions
Slave trade -- United States
Fugitive slaves
Authors, American
African American men
Free African Americans
Anderson, Osborne P. (Osborne Perry), 1830-1872
Genres
Notes
Content: Slavery photograph collection
Physical Description
Halftone photomechanical prints
Extent: 18 cm. x 12 cm.
Languages
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b16104370
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 36c82960-c6f6-012f-b777-58d385a7bc34
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Osborn Perry Anderson, who escaped to write "A Voice from Harper's Ferry" and fight in the Civil War" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1857 - 1997. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/36c82960-c6f6-012f-b777-58d385a7bc34
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1857 - 1997). Osborn Perry Anderson, who escaped to write "A Voice from Harper's Ferry" and fight in the Civil War Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/36c82960-c6f6-012f-b777-58d385a7bc34
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Osborn Perry Anderson, who escaped to write "A Voice from Harper's Ferry" and fight in the Civil War" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 14, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/36c82960-c6f6-012f-b777-58d385a7bc34
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