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Cassell's Illustrated Family Paper A Negro Funeral

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09791.02 Author/Creator: Cassell's Illustrated Family Paper Place Written: London, England Type: Engraving Date: 13 September 1862 Pagination: 1 p. : col. Height: 14.2 cm, Width: 20.3 cm Order a Copy

One engraving entitled "A Negro Funeral" dated September 13, 1862. The engraving features 11 African American men walking beside a horse-drawn funeral coach driven by another man. The engraving has been colored in.

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