Category: Contraband Camps in Virginia

Categories: African Americans in the American Civil War | Contraband Camps | Virginia History


Contraband Camps in Virginia included the "Grand Contraband Camp" near Fort Monroe and others.

The area was a refuge for escaped slaves who the Union forces refused to return to their former Confederate masters, by defining them as "contraband of war" ... ~ Wikipedia: Grand Contraband Camp, Virginia (accessed 3 September 2020).
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