Beyond Face Value:
Depictions of Slavery in Confederate Currency

A project of the United States Civil War Center

MADE POSSIBLE BY A GRANT FROM THE LOUISIANA ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES
A STATE AFFILIATE OF THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES



Overview of the Civil War
The Collection
Bibliography/Web Sources
About the Exhibit/Survey
About the Scholars
Economic Environment
The Images

Many Southern notes did not feature images of slavery; this exhibit
focuses on the ones that did. This collection features notes issued
and circulated in the South during the Antebellum, Civil War, and
Reconstruction Eras. Notes were issued by various entities,
including the Confederate government, state governments,
merchants, and railroad companies.


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