“Norfolk, 1864”

“Felix Darley made this 1864 sheet of signed pencil sketches of African Americans in Norfolk, Virginia, during the Civil War. The city was held by the Union Army from 1862 and became a haven for thousands of escaped slaves.”
Not currently on view, this item is held by the Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History. The description above was taken from the museum’s catalog record.

“Norfolk, 1862,” Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History accessed August 23, 2021