Beyond Face Value: Depictions of Slavery in Confederate Currency by US Civil War Center

http://www.lib.lsu.edu/cwc/BeyondFaceValue/beyondfacevalue.htm

Many Southern notes did not feature images of slavery; this exhibit focuses on the ones that did. This collection features notes issued and circulated in the South during the Antebellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction Eras. Notes were issued by various entities, including the Confederate government, state governments, merchants, and railroad companies.

Categories:
African American History: Slavery
African American History: Civil War/Reconstruction

Type of Material: article, bibliography, primary resource
Cost: no
Location Keywords: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia
Keywords: Money, Confederate Currency, Currency, Civil War, War, Slavery, Slave Life, Work, Labor, Economics, Economy, Plantations, Transportation, African American History, Black History

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