They Called Her ‘Contraband’ During the Civil War, freedom was a fragile promise for enslaved African Americans. Among those who escaped the bonds of slavery were people who found refuge behind Union lines, often called “contraband”—a term that reflected the dehumanizing language of the time, yet also marked a profound shift in their lives. One remarkable woman, like many others, crossed the dangerous divide between enslavement and liberty, risking capture, violence, and death for the chance to
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They Called Her ‘Contraband’ During the Civil War, freedom was a fragile promise for enslaved African Americans. Among those who escaped the bonds of slavery were people who found refuge behind Union lines, often called “contraband”—a term that reflected the dehumanizing language of the time, yet also marked a profound shift in their lives. One remarkable woman, like many others, crossed the dangerous divide between enslavement and liberty, risking capture, violence, and death for the chance to
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