Lesson Activity

Lesson Activity: First Confiscation Act: "Chap. LX - An act to Confiscate…

This Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs lesson activity focuses on the First Confiscation Act of 1861. The Act allowed for the…

Historical Photograph

Historical Photograph: "Contraband" Camp

DocsTeach presents an 1865 photo of a camp for contrabands - formerly enslaved people who escaped to Union lines - in Richmond,…