Created by Abigail Cooper, University of Pennsylvania, 2014
Contraband camps were located around Union forts and near Union encampments. Men, women, and children struggle to survive in overcrowded and unsanitary conditions. Housing was dilapidated. Illness abounded. Freedom-seekers worked as laborers, laundresses, cooks, weavers, and woodcutters and at whatever needed to be done. They were usually paid in food and clothing. Schools offered opportunities to learn to read and write. Communities developed and people established lasting relationships.
Chandra Manning. Troubled Refuge: Struggling for Freedom in the Civil War. New York: Vintage Books, 2017
Amy Murrell Taylor. Embattled Freedom: Journeys Through the Civil War’s Slave Refugee Camps. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2018
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Thank you for the map! I found some locations such as Key West very interesting.
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You’re welcome!
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A wonderful resource! One small correction … Harrison’s landing is where the Army of the Potomac ended up following the Battle of Malvern Hill and the conclusion of the 7 days campaign, but it was not the site of any battle. Thanks!
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