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Illustration of a group of freed people around a wagon as they enter the Union lines. Image appeared in the January 31, 1863 issue of Harper's Weekly. Alfred Waud is the credited artist.

Sketch by Alfred Waud based upon a photograph taken by David B. Woodbury on Jan. 1, 1863 - the day the Emancipation Proclamation took effect. This scene shows the condition of the formerly enslaved as they came in to Union lines.
In the spring of…