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Freedom’s Fortress: Escape to Freedom
Freedom’s Fortress: Escape to Freedom
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Description
Empowered by a legal loophole, thousands of enslaved Africans escaped and found refuge at a Union-held fort during the Civil War. Fortress Monroe in Virginia became the site of the first “contraband camp”; a spontaneous community of self-emancipated blacks where inhabitants often became recruits for military service.
Duration
4 minutes, 27 seconds
Credit
National Park Service / RBH
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