"Emancipation Day in South Carolina" - the Color-Sergeant of the 1st South Carolina (Colored) Volunteers addressing the regiment, after having been presented with the Stars and Stripes, at Smith's plantation, Port Royal Island, January 1 [graphic] /

"Emancipation Day in South Carolina" - the Color-Sergeant of the 1st South Carolina (Colored) Volunteers addressing the regiment, after having been presented with the Stars and Stripes, at Smith's plantation, Port Royal Island, January 1 [graphic] / still image Periodical illustrations 1860-1870. gmgpc Wood engravings 1860-1870. gmgpc [New York] : [Frank Leslie], 1863 eng Illustration shows the First South Carolina Volunteers' color guard addressing a joyful crowd of African Americans after the reading of the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. Title transcribed from item. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 15, no. 382 (1863 Jan. 24), p. 276. United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln). Emancipation Proclamation. United States. Army. South Carolina Volunteers, 1st (1862-1864)--People. African Americans--Military service--South Carolina--Port Royal--1860-1870. Soldiers--South Carolina--Port Royal--1860-1870. Liberty--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--African Americans--South Carolina--Port Royal. https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.71957 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b35224 No known restrictions on publication. No known restrictions on publication.