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Osborn Perry Anderson, who escaped to write "A Voice from Harper's Ferry" and fight in the Civil War

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Image ID

497440


Item data

Title

Osborn Perry Anderson, who escaped to write "A Voice from Harper's Ferry" and fight in the Civil War

Collection

Slavery
Fugitive slaves

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

Photographs

Notes

Content: Slavery photograph collection

Physical Description

Halftone photomechanical prints
Extent: 18 cm. x 12 cm.

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b16104370
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 36c82960-c6f6-012f-b777-58d385a7bc34

Rights

The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Type Of Resource

Still Image

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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

APA format

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

Chicago/Turabian Format

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

Wikipedia citation

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