STC355140 A Group of \'Contrabands\', 1861-65 (b/w photo) by Brady, Mathew (1823-96) & studio; Private Collection; (add.info.: In 1861, during the American Civil War, the Union general Benjamin F. Butler made the decision to label slaves fleeing to Union army lines \'contraband of war\'; the term \'contraband\' was later used to describe former slaves who moved from Confederate to Union territory;); The Stapleton Collection; American, out of copyright.