Article: "Charity is Ever Kind: Women in Contraband Camps"
Subject
Contrabands
Title
Article: "Charity is Ever Kind: Women in Contraband Camps"
Date
06/26/2018
Type
Article
Description
The National Women's History Museum presents a 2018 article that provides a perspective on African American women's contributions to organizing relief efforts for contrabands - formerly enslaved people who escaped to Union lines. This article specifically focuses on contrabands who sought refuge in Washington D.C. during the Civil War and Reconstruction.
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Publisher
National Women's History Museum
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“Article: "Charity is Ever Kind: Women in Contraband Camps",” Project Reconstruction, accessed May 5, 2024, https://projectreconstructionus.com/items/show/927.