Come back you black rascal.

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Creator / Contributor: Magee, James, -1867?
Title: Come back you black rascal.
Collection Title: Patriotic envelope collection. Series I: Civil War envelopes, 1861-1865.
Publisher: New-York Historical Society
Description: Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Caucasian man holding a whip and shackles calling after an African-American family as they flee toward Fort Monroe. White envelope with blue ink. Image on top-left. Printed in speech bubbles: 'COME BACK YOU BLACK RASCAL: / OH! NO - I CAN'T COME BACK / 'ISE CONTRABAN.'
Notes: About the Creator: Magee was likely James Magee, a seller of stationery and envelopes at 316 Chestnut Street, and living at 750 Florida Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the American Civil War.
Institution: New-York Historical Society
Identifier: aj01056.jpg
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Subject: Contraband of war--United States
Slavery--United States
African Americans
Fort Monroe (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Material type or medium of original: Pictorial envelopes
Patriotic envelopes
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