Former Camp Slaves Attend Veterans' Reunion in Tampa

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Title

Former Camp Slaves Attend Veterans' Reunion in Tampa

Description

Former camp slaves attend a veterans’ reunion in Tampa, Florida, in 1927. Steve Perry (“Uncle Steve Eberhart”) is fifth from the left and holds a Confederate flag, while Louis Napoleon Nelson sits on the far right with his bugle. The individual in the center is wearing a white ribbon that says, “Ex Slave.”

Publisher

American Civil War Museum, Harrisburg, PA

Date

1927

Rights

Permission to publish in Searching For Black Confederates (UNC Press)

Type

Still Image