1862 CIVIL WAR newspaper 1st HAND ACCOUNT CONDITIONS of ESCAPED SLAVES in VA for Sale

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1862 CIVIL WAR newspaper 1st HAND ACCOUNT CONDITIONS of ESCAPED SLAVES in VA For Sale

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1862 CIVIL WAR newspaper 1st HAND ACCOUNT CONDITIONS of ESCAPED SLAVES in VA:
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1862 CIVIL WAR newspaper with a detailed letter giving a 1st-HAND ACCOUNT of the CONDITIONS of ESCAPED SLAVESat CampHamilton,VA, behind Union Army Lines-#1Y-077

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SEE PHOTO-----COMPLETE, ORIGINALNEWSPAPER, theFriend(Philadelphia, PA)datedOctober 11, 1862,withcompelling slaveryhistory!This historic piece containsa headline report as well as a letter from a teacher, C.P. Day, teaching escaped NEGR0 SLAVES (known as Contraband)at Camp Hamilton, detailing the conditions among the freed slaves andexpressing gratitude forthe arrival of much needed supplies for the refugees. This historic newspaper also contains several reports of Civil War action across the war-ravaged country.

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Contraband was a term commonly used in the US military during the American Civil War to describe a new status for certain escaped slaves or those who affiliated with Union forces. In August 1861, the Union Army and the US Congress determined that the US would no longer return escaped slaves who went to Union lines, but they would be classified as "contraband of war," or captured enemy property. They used many as laborers to support Union efforts and soon began to pay wages. The former slaves set up camps near Union forces, and the army helped to support and educate both adults and children among the refugees. Thousands of men from these camps enlisted in the United States Colored Troops when recruitment started in 1863. At the end of the war, more than 100 contraband camps existed in the South, including the Freedmen's Colony of Roanoke Island, North Carolina, where 3500 former slaves worked to develop a self-sufficient community.

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