HIST 361: The American Civil War 

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[Image from the AP Photo Images database. Description: "This is an undated photo of an illustration called "Slaves Concealing their Master from a Search Party" from "Confederate War Etchings" by Adalbert J. Volck, 1862. As a southern sympathizer, Volck portrayed the living conditions of the slaves and their relationship to their master in the best possible light."]