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<p>[QUOTE="Bookahtoo, post: 2782942, member: 31"]This sheet music was in a small lot of sheet music I acquired recently.</p><p><br /></p><p>The song was dedicated to Maj. Gen. Benj. Butler, who came up with the idea that runaway slaves needn't be returned to their Southern owners if they were declared contraband.</p><p><br /></p><p>From wikipedia:</p><p><br /></p><p>"While in command at Fort Monroe, Butler declined to return to their owners <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugitive_slave" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugitive_slave" rel="nofollow">fugitive slaves</a> who had come within his lines. He argued that Virginians considered them to be <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_property" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_property" rel="nofollow">chattel property</a>, and that they could not appeal to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugitive_Slave_Law_of_1850" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugitive_Slave_Law_of_1850" rel="nofollow">Fugitive Slave Law of 1850</a> because of Virginia's secession. Furthermore, slaves used as laborers for building fortifications and other military activities could be considered <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contraband_(American_Civil_War)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contraband_(American_Civil_War)" rel="nofollow">contraband</a> of war. It was later made standard Union Army policy to not return fugitive slaves."</p><p><br /></p><p>This has obvious condition issues but I'm hoping it might be worth a bit because of its rarity. I have not found another outside of a library.</p><p><br /></p><p>What do you think?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]280146[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]280147[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bookahtoo, post: 2782942, member: 31"]This sheet music was in a small lot of sheet music I acquired recently. The song was dedicated to Maj. Gen. Benj. Butler, who came up with the idea that runaway slaves needn't be returned to their Southern owners if they were declared contraband. From wikipedia: "While in command at Fort Monroe, Butler declined to return to their owners [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugitive_slave']fugitive slaves[/URL] who had come within his lines. He argued that Virginians considered them to be [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_property']chattel property[/URL], and that they could not appeal to the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugitive_Slave_Law_of_1850']Fugitive Slave Law of 1850[/URL] because of Virginia's secession. Furthermore, slaves used as laborers for building fortifications and other military activities could be considered [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contraband_(American_Civil_War)']contraband[/URL] of war. It was later made standard Union Army policy to not return fugitive slaves." This has obvious condition issues but I'm hoping it might be worth a bit because of its rarity. I have not found another outside of a library. What do you think? [ATTACH=full]280146[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]280147[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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