Former Slave Marriage Legalized, 1866
Marriage of a black soldier at Vicksburg by Chaplain Warren of the Freedmen's Bureau. After the Civil War, the Freedmen's Bureau legalized former slave marriages. Illustration from Harper's Weekly by Alfred R. Waud, June 30, 1866
Picture No
14028241
Media ID
47825975
Size
5581px x 3409px
(7.1MB)
Credit
Library of Congress / Science Source / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Library of Congress
Date
1866
