Video: The Contraband of America and the Road to Freedom, Duration: 11:23
Subject
Contrabands
Title
Video: The Contraband of America and the Road to Freedom, Duration: 11:23
Date
05/09/2011
Type
Video
Description
The National Trust for Historic Preservation Youtube channel presents a 2011 video on the contraband movement- formerly enslaved people who escaped to Union lines. According to the 11-minute video, 500,000 enslaved people emancipated themselves, helped to influence the national politics and encouraged formal emancipation. The video examines contraband heritage in Alexandria, Virginia.
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Publisher
National Trust for Historic Preservation, YouTube
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“Video: The Contraband of America and the Road to Freedom, Duration: 11:23,” Project Reconstruction, accessed October 5, 2024, https://projectreconstructionus.com/items/show/935.