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Contraband quarters, Mason’s Island

Contraband quarters, Mason’s Island

Map and architectural drawing of the contraband quarters established on Mason’s Island, later called Theodore Roosevelt Island. These quarters were instituted during the Civil War as a safe haven for freedmen and fugitive slaves who came within Union lines. Drawing depicts the layout of living quarters, as well as the location of hospital facilities, stables, laundry, school house, and teacher and employee quarters. A section and elevation of the contraband quarters is at the top of the drawing.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial

Creation Date

1861

John A. Logan in 1859

John A. Logan in 1859

John Alexander Logan stands at center, holding a paper that states “No Interference with Slave-Hunters!” and looking over his left shoulder at two slave hunters rounding up a family of fugitive slaves. A similar scene is repeated in the background. Abraham Lincoln, William H. Seward, and Charles Sumner are standing on the left, watching in anger and with restraint. Caption: “You call it the dirty work of the Democratic Party to catch fugitive slaves for the Southern people. WE are willing to perform that dirty work.” –John Alexander Logan, in the Illinois State Legislature, Dec. 9th, 1859.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1884-07-09